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the beginning and end and middle of times, the alternations of the solstices and the changes of the seasons,
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the cycles of the year and the constellations of the stars,
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the natures of animals and the tempers of wild beasts, the powers of spirits and the reasonings of men, the varieties of plants and the virtues of roots;
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I learned both what is secret and what is manifest,
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for wisdom, the fashioner of all things, taught me. For in her there is a spirit that is intelligent, holy, unique, manifold, subtle, mobile, clear, unpolluted, distinct, invulnerable, loving the good, keen, irresistible,
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beneficent, humane, steadfast, sure, free from anxiety, all-powerful, overseeing all, and penetrating through all spirits that are intelligent and pure and most subtle.
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For wisdom is more mobile than any motion; because of her pureness she pervades and penetrates all things.
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For she is a breath of the power of God, and a pure emanation of the glory of the Almighty; therefore nothing defiled gains entrance into her.
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For she is a reflection of eternal light, a spotless mirror of the working of God, and an image of his goodness.
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Though she is but one, she can do all things, and while remaining in herself, she renews all things; in every generation she passes into holy souls and makes them friends of God, and prophets;
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for God loves nothing so much as the man who lives with wisdom.