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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o plantanimal_n who_o shape_n will_v perhaps_o persuade_v you_o that_o it_o have_v some_o sense_n or_o soul_n in_o it_o but_o its_o action_n betray_v it_o to_o be_v a_o mere_a plant_n little_o better_o than_o a_o artichoak_v or_o cabbage_n another_o go_v a_o little_a high_o yet_o not_o far_o do_v all_o that_o his_o sense_n present_v to_o he_o suffer_v all_o that_o his_o sensitive_a faculty_n lust_n and_o rage_n to_o exercise_v at_o freedom_n be_v as_o fierce_a as_o the_o tiger_n as_o lustful_a as_o the_o goat_n as_o ravenous_a as_o the_o wolf_n and_o the_o like_a and_o all_o the_o beast_n of_o the_o field_n and_o fowl_n of_o the_o air_n be_v but_o several_a emblem_n and_o hieroglyphic_n concur_v to_o make_v up_o his_o character_n carry_v a_o wilderness_n about_o he_o as_o many_o sin_n as_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o sensitive_a creature_n be_v capable_a of_o and_o than_o who_o will_v stick_v to_o compare_v this_o man_n to_o the_o beast_n that_o perish_v 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