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    be.

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    thepianraoitssand

    rgtreadontheroadoftruthandvirtue

    andhappiness,offerstothephilosopheraspectacleh

    nsoleshiortheerrors,forthecrisandtheinjustices

    illpolluteandafflictthisearth.

    thepared

    toerei.

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    hopeinthebreastsofllionsofn.theyinga

    hyress,andfouryearsofslaughterfolloheir

    prayersforpeace.``isithheyask,``towork

    andslaveforthebeofcreaturesyetpassed

    beyoageoftheearliest

    thereisbutoneanswer.

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    they.butitdidnot

    antheendofthings.oraryitbroughtaboutthe

    ingofanewday.

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    aolhead.theaudieapplaudedtheireffortshas

    dispersed.ourrerksotpossiblyhurttheirfeelings.

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    events.theproblethatfillthendsofthepeople

    s,and

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    ndorcetfaithierfuture.

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    ofthetanachievent.

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    ofgladstohattheproblefatrulyrepresentative

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    akethegoventoftheirn

    untryasuccess.sihennythingshavehappened,

    andthefeillalivebegintouand

    thattheyistaken.

    thereisnodefiniteans.

    everygeionstfightthegoodfightaneworperish

    asthosesluggishanilsoftheprehistoricworldhave

    perished.

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    andtrytoigineyourselfinthepositionofyourreatgrandchildrenakeyourplatheyear

    10,000.theytooory.buthey

    thinkofthoseshortfourthousandyearsduringhwehave

    keptatenrerdofourasandofourthoughts

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    ofthatlongrflictacy

    ofthediterraneaneandcarthagefoughtduring

    onehundredandtasteryofthesea.

    thebalkantroublesofthe19thturythestrugglefor

    freedofserbiaandgreedbulgariaandntenegro

    tothentinuationofthedisorderednditions

    causedbythegreatgrations.theypictures

    oftherheicathedralerdayroyed

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    betheturksandtheveians.theyhe

    fearofdeath,nangnypeople,asa

    childishsuperstitionuralinaraceof

    nchesaslateastheyear1692.even

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    theirintoit.

    thehistorian,ahundredyearsheherabout

    theseapologiesandvindicatiohereal

    natureoftheund

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