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The third wrote, "Women are strongest, but above all things truth is victor."
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When the king awoke, they took the writing and gave it to him, and he read it.
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Then he sent and summoned all the nobles of Persia and Media and the satraps and generals and governors and prefects,
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and he took his seat in the council chamber, and the writing was read in their presence.
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He said, "Call the young men, and they shall explain their statements." So they were summoned, and came in.
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