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for it is an unfailing treasure for mortals; those who get it obtain friendship with God, commended for the gifts that come from instruction.
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May God grant me to speak with judgment, and to have thoughts worthy of what I have received; for he is the guide even of wisdom and the corrector of the wise.
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For both we and our words are in his hand, as are all understanding and skill in crafts.
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For it is he who gave me unerring knowledge of what exists, to know the structure of the world and the activity of the elements;
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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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