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And I beheld, and lo, the eagle rose upon her talons, and spoke to her feathers, saying,
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"Watch not all at once. Sleep every one in his own place, and watch by course;
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but let the heads be preserved for the last."
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And I beheld, and lo, the voice went not out of her heads, but from the midst of her body.
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And I numbered her opposing feathers, and behold, there were eight of them.
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And I looked, and behold, on the right side there arose one feather, and reigned over all the earth.
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And so it was that, when it reigned, the end of it came, and the place thereof appeared no more. So the next following stood up and reigned, and had a great time.
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And it happened that, when it reigned, the end of it came also like the first, so that it appeared no more.
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Then came there a voice unto it and said,
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"Hear, thou that hast borne rule over the earth so long. This I say unto thee before thou beginnest to appear no more:
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There shall none after thee attain unto thy time, neither unto the half thereof."