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pliny_n tell_v we_o that_o cato_n the_o elder_a be_v the_o best_a orator_n the_o best_a commander_n and_o 27._o plin._n hist_o l._n 7._o c._n 27._o the_o best_a senator_n here_o be_v one_o man_n be_v all_o these_o though_o every_o one_o of_o these_o office_n differ_v each_o from_o other_o even_o as_o the_o father_n son_n and_o spirit_n be_v all_o but_o one_o god_n yet_o be_v person_n distinct_a one_o from_o another_o dionysius_n areop_n resemble_v the_o trinity_n to_o 2._o dionis_fw-la de_fw-fr diu._n nom._n c._n 2._o three_o lamp_n in_o a_o room_n which_o though_o they_o be_v several_a and_o distinct_a yet_o the_o light_n of_o all_o be_v but_o one_o light_n nazianzen_n compare_v it_o with_o 37._o naz._n orat._n 37._o the_o sun_n sun_n beam_n and_o light_n and_o to_o fire_n heat_v and_o light_n and_o to_o the_o spring_n well_o and_o stream_n and_o to_o the_o arm_n the_o hand_n and_o the_o finger_n and_o to_o the_o root_n the_o body_n and_o the_o bough_n of_o a_o tree_n st._n ambrose_n 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