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person_n alas_o our_o hand_n be_v wither_v as_o to_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v good_a and_o our_o leg_n be_v lame_a throug_n hypocrisy_n we_o halt_v between_o two_o we_o be_v very_a cripple_n indeed_o no_o strength_n not_o so_o much_o in_o our_o ankle-bone_n as_o to_o stand_v upon_o our_o leg_n we_o be_v blind_a and_o can_v see_v deaf_a and_o can_v hear_v pride_n like_o a_o tympany_n swell_v we_o all_o manner_n of_o deformity_n gather_v into_o one_o be_v the_o very_a picture_n of_o a_o poor_a sinner_n o_o brethren_n who_o can_v affect_v such_o a_o creature_n be_v not_o this_o free_a altogether_o free_a we_o must_v have_v something_o or_o else_o we_o can_v take_v a_o person_n into_o such_o a_o relation_n we_o must_v have_v beauty_n and_o part_n and_o birth_n and_o wealth_n and_o wisdom_n and_o what_o not_o we_o be_v black_a than_o ethiopian_n more_o brutish_a than_o fool_n vile_a than_o the_o earth_n poor_a and_o naked_a and_o miserable_a and_o what_o not_o and_o o_o that_o ever_o the_o 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