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For those who promised to drive off the fears and disorders of a sick soul were sick themselves with ridiculous fear.
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For even if nothing disturbing frightened them, yet, scared by the passing of wild animals and the hissing of snakes
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they perished in trembling fear, refusing to look even at the air, though it nowhere could be avoided.
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For wickedness is a cowardly thing, condemned by its own testimony; distressed by conscience, it has always exaggerated the difficulties.
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For fear is nothing but a giving up of the helps that come from reason;
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