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shall_v yet_o hold_v himself_o for_o little_a this_o indeed_o be_v great_a humility_n and_o worth_a the_o wonder_v at_o saint_n bernard_n say_v magna_fw-la &_o rara_fw-la virtus_fw-la profecto_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la magna_fw-la opereris_fw-la magnum_fw-la te_fw-la nescire_fw-la cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la nota_fw-la sit_fw-la sanctitas_fw-la tua_fw-la te_fw-la solum_fw-la lateat_fw-la cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la mirabilis_fw-la appareas_fw-la tibi_fw-la soli_fw-la vilescas_fw-la a_o great_a and_o rare_a virtue_n it_o be_v that_o a_o man_n shall_v do_v great_a thing_n and_o yet_o not_o hold_v himself_o for_o great_a that_o other_o shall_v evident_o see_v his_o sanctity_n and_o yet_o that_o it_o shall_v lie_v hide_v from_o he_o that_o he_o shall_v be_v admirable_a in_o the_o eye_n of_o other_o and_o contemptible_a in_o his_o own_o hoc_fw-la ego_fw-la ipsis_fw-la virtutibus_fw-la mirabilius_fw-la iudico_fw-la i_o esteem_v this_o more_o say_v he_o than_o all_o the_o other_o virtue_n which_o 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