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"I am
now eighty years old. Can I
distinguish between good and
bad?
Or can your
servant taste what I
eat or
what I
drink?
Or can I
hear anymore the
voice of
singing men and women?
Why then should your
servant be an
added burden to my
lord the
king?
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