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<p>The case of the honest <unclear>functionnary</unclear>who by shutting<lb/> his own eyes, thought to become invisible to the enemy,<lb/> is so common an one,<lb/></p> | <p>The case of the honest <unclear>functionnary</unclear>who by shutting<lb/> his own eyes, thought to become invisible to the enemy,<lb/> is so common an one,<lb/></p> | ||
By sending this perjury of their <unclear>brain</unclear> thus impotent<lb/> into the wide world, they run <unclear>'tween</unclear> the <unclear>slyest</unclear> of contempt.<lb/>If by it by <gap/>it <gap/> - If then <del><gap/></del> who could <lb/> have thought it? who could have <unclear>imagined</unclear>it<lb/> in man's nature? It is always in man's nature<lb/> to <add><sic>endeavour</sic> to</add> <gap/> himself as far as he can from the <unclear> | By sending this perjury of their <unclear>brain</unclear> thus impotent<lb/> into the wide world, they run <unclear>'tween</unclear> the <unclear>slyest</unclear> of contempt.<lb/>If by it by <gap/>it <gap/> - If then <del><gap/></del> who could <lb/> have thought it? who could have <unclear>imagined</unclear>it<lb/> in <add>a</add> man's nature? It is always in man's nature<lb/> to <add><sic>endeavour</sic> to</add> <gap/> himself as far as he can from the <unclear>pressure</unclear><lb/> of Laws that <del>are <gap/></del><add>are <gap/><gap/> a being </add> by <pb/> | ||
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The case of the honest functionnarywho by shutting
his own eyes, thought to become invisible to the enemy,
is so common an one,
By sending this perjury of their brain thus impotent
into the wide world, they run 'tween the slyest of contempt.
If by it by it - If then who could
have thought it? who could have imaginedit
in a man's nature? It is always in man's nature
to endeavour to himself as far as he can from the pressure
of Laws that are are a being by
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