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Where are the rulers of the nations, and those who lorded it over the animals on earth;
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those who made sport of the birds of the air, and who hoarded up silver and gold in which people trust, and there is no end to their getting;
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those who schemed to get silver, and were anxious, but there is no trace of their works?
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They have vanished and gone down to Hades, and others have arisen in their place.
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Later generations have seen the light of day, and have lived upon the earth; but they have not learned the way to knowledge, nor understood her paths, nor laid hold of her.
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