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The smith also sitting by the anvil, and considering the iron work, the vapor of the fire wasteth his flesh, and he fighteth with the heat of the furnace; the noise of the hammer and the anvil is ever in his ears, and his eyes look still upon the pattern of the thing that he maketh; he setteth his mind to finish his work, and watcheth to polish it perfectly.
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So doth the potter, sitting at his work and turning the wheel about with his feet, who is always carefully set at his work, and maketh all his work by number;
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he fashioneth the clay with his arm, and boweth down his strength toward his feet; he applieth himself to glaze it over, and he is diligent to make clean the furnace.
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All these trust to their hands, and every one is wise in his work.
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Without these cannot a city be inhabited, and they shall not dwell where they will nor go up and down.