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the_o product_n of_o both_o sum_n be_v not_o soul-satisfaction_n and_o blessedness_n but_o vanity_n and_o vexation_n of_o spirit_n how_o often_o be_v the_o sword_n put_v into_o mad_a man_n hand_n the_o bramble_n advance_v to_o rule_v over_o better_a tree_n and_o wall_n of_o mud_n shine_v upon_o while_n marble_n pillar_n stand_v in_o shade_n how_o often_o do_v goat_n clamber_v up_o the_o mountain_n of_o preferment_n while_o the_o poor_a sheep_n 88_o ambitio_fw-la te_fw-la ad_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la indigna_fw-es non_fw-la ducit_fw-la senec._n natural_a quaest_a in_o praefat._n lib._n 1._o ambitio_fw-la charitatis_fw-la simia_fw-la charitas_fw-la patience_n est_fw-la pro_fw-la aeternis_fw-la ambitio_fw-la pro_fw-la terrenis_fw-la didac_n stella_fw-la de_fw-la contemptu_fw-la mundi_fw-la part_n 1._o pag._n 88_o of_o christ_n feed_v below_o yea_o how_o often_o be_v greatness_n acquire_v by_o base_a and_o confound_v by_o weak_a mean_n flattery_n hold_v absalon_n 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