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"Have you ever made a just man?"
"Oh, I have made three," answered God,
"But two of them are dead,
"And the third—
"Listen! Listen!
"And you will hear the thud of his defeat."
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But early yet for God;
Creation impotent to help,
But prayer remained our side. How excellent the heaven,
When earth…
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