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Then the third, that is Zerubbabel, who had spoken of women and truth, began to speak:
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Gentlemen, is not the king great, and are not men many, and is not wine strong? Who then is their master, or who is their lord? Is it not women?
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Women gave birth to the king and to every people that rules over sea and land.
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From women they came; and women brought up the very men who plant the vineyards from which comes wine.
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Women make men's clothes; they bring men glory; men cannot exist without women.
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