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I offer thee this day a portion worthy of thy choicest affections, a portion that, if thou acceptest, the richest emperors will be but beggars to thee, a portion which containeth more wealth than heaven and earth; nay, ten thousand worlds are nothing in comparison of this portion.

George Swinnock — The Fading of the Flesh (Works of George Swinnock, Vol. IV, Nichol series)

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