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That mortal man who hath more of joy than sorrow in him, that mortal man cannot be true _ not true, or undeveloped. With books the same. The truest of all men was the Man of Sorrows, and the truest of all books is Solomon__, and Ecclesiastes is the fine hammered steel of woe. __ll is vanity._ ALL. This wilful world hath not got hold of unchristian Solomon__ wisdom yet.
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That mortal man who hath more of joy than sorrow in him, that mortal man cannot be true _ not true, or undeveloped. With books the same. The truest of all men was the Man of Sorrows, and the truest of all books is Solomon__, and Ecclesiastes is the fine hammered steel of woe. __ll is vanity._ ALL. This wilful world hath not got hold of unchristian Solomon__ wisdom yet.

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