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Title: Bacon English Men Of Letters, Edited By John Morley

Author: Richard William Church

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BACON

BY

R.W. CHURCH

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PREFACE.

In preparing this sketch it is needless to say how deeply I am indebtedto Mr. Spedding and Mr. Ellis, the last editors of Bacon's writings, thevery able and painstaking commentators, the one on Bacon's life, theother on his philosophy. It is impossible to overstate the affectionatecare and high intelligence and honesty with which Mr. Spedding hasbrought together and arranged the materials for an estimate of Bacon'scharacter. In the result, in spite of the force and ingenuity of much ofhis pleading, I find myself most reluctantly obliged to differ from him;it seems to me to be a case where the French saying, cited by Bacon inone of his commonplace books, holds good"/Par trop se dbattre, lavrit se perd/."^1 But this does not diminish the debt ofgratitude which all who are interested about Bacon must owe to Mr.

Spedding. I wish also to acknowledge the assistance which I havereceived from Mr. Gardiner's /History of England/ and Mr. Fowler'sedition of the /Novum Organum/; and not least from M. de Rmusat's workon Bacon, which seems to me the most complete and the most just estimateboth of Bacon's character and work which has yet appeared; though evenin this clear and dispassionate survey we are reminded by somemisconceptions, strange in M. de Rmusat, how what one nation takes forgranted is incomprehensible to its neighbour; and what a gap there isstill, even in matters of philosophy and literature, between the wholeContinent and ourselves


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"Penitus toto divisos orbe Britannos."

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CONTENTS.

*CHAPTER I.* PAGEEARLY LIFE 1 *CHAPTER II.*BACON AND ELIZABETH 26 *CHAPTER III.*BACON AND JAMES I. 55 *CHAPTER IV.*BACON SOLICITOR-GENERAL 77 *CHAPTER V.*BACON ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND CHANCELLOR 95 *CHAPTER VI.*BACON'S FALL 118 *CHAPTER VII.*BACON'S LAST YEARS1621-1626 149 *CHAPTER VIII.*BACON'S PHILOSOPHY 168

*CHAPTER IX.*BACON AS A WRITER 198

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CHAPTER I.

EARLY LIFE.

The life of Francis Bacon is one which it is a pain to write or to read.

It is the life of a man endowed with as rare a combination of noblegifts as ever was bestowed on a human intellect; the life of one withwhom the whole purpose of living and of every day's work was to do greatthings to enlighten and elevate his race, to enrich it with new powers,to lay up in store for all ages to come a source of blessings whichshould never fail or dry up; it was the life of a man who had highthoughts of the ends and methods of law and government, and with whomthe general and public good was regarded as the standard by which theuse of public power was to be measured; the life of a man who hadstruggled hard and successfully for the material prosperity and opulencewhich makes work easy and gives a man room and force for carrying outhis purposes. All his life long his first and never-sleeping passion wasthe romantic and splendid ambition after knowledge, for the conquest of

nature and for the service of man; gathering up in himself the spiritand longings and efforts of all discoverers and inventors of the arts,as they are symbolised in the mythical Prometheus. He rose to thehighest place and honour; and yet that place and honour were but thefringe and adornment of all that made him great. It is difficult toimagine a grander and more magnificent career; and his name ranks amongthe few chosen examples of human achievement. And yet it was not only anunhappy life; it was a poor life. We expect that such an overwhelmingweight of glory should be borne up by a character corresponding to it instrength and nobleness. But that is not what we find. No one ever had a


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greater idea of what he was made for, or was fired with a greater desireto devote himself to it. He was all this. And yet being all this, seeingdeep into man's worth, his capacities, his greatness, his weakness, hissins, he was not true to what he knew. He cringed to such a man asBuckingham. He sold himself to the corrupt and ignominious Government ofJames I. He was willing to be employed to hunt to death a friend likeEssex, guilty, deeply guilty, to the State, but to Bacon the most lovingand generous of benefactors. With his eyes open he gave himself upwithout resistance to a system unworthy of him; he would not see whatwas evil in it, and chose to call its evil good; and he was its firstand most signal victim.

Bacon has been judged with merciless severity. But he has also beendefended by an advocate whose name alone is almost a guarantee for thejustness of the cause which he takes up, and the innocency of the clientfor whom he argues. Mr. Spedding devoted nearly a lifetime, and all theresources of a fine intellect and an earnest conviction, to make usrevere as well as admire Bacon. But it is vain. It is vain to fightagainst the facts of his life: his words, his letters. "Men are madeup," says a keen observer, "of professions, gifts, and talents; and alsoof /themselves/."^2 With all his greatness, his splendidgenius, his magnificent ideas, his enthusiasm for truth, his passion tobe the benefactor of his kind; with all the charm that made him loved bygood and worthy friends, amiable, courteous, patient, delightful as a

companion, ready to take any troublethere was in Bacon's "self" a deepand fatal flaw. He was a pleaser of men. There was in him that subtlefault, noted and named both by philosophy and religion in the resko

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b

u

h

d

at hi

I

,

h

, i

1586, h

a

a B

ch

; a

d i

1584 h

cam

i

t

Pa

liam

t f

M

lc

mb

R

gi

. H

t

m

mall

a

t i

Pa

liam

t; but th

ly

c

d

f hi

ch

i

c

tai

d i

a

u

ly

t

f R

c

d

Fl

t

d,

h

it

a

a

ld m

mb

might d

f a y

u

g

tal i

g

. H

at agai

f

Liv

l i

th

y

a

f th

A

mada (1588), a

d hi

am

b

gi

t

a

a

i

th

c

di

g

. Th

a

ly y

a

,

,

bu

y

.I

th

m Bac

laid th

f

u

dati

f hi

b

vati

a

d judgm

t

m

a

d affai

; a

d i

th

m th

g

at u

a

d

f hi

lif

a

c

c

iv

d a

d

ha

d. But th

y a

m

b

cu

y

a

tha

might hav

b

x

ct

d i

th

ca

f a ma

f Bac

'

g

iu

a

d family, a

d

f

uch

ag

a

d u

c

c

al

d d

i

t

i

a

d b

at

. N

d

ubt h

a

ft

i

ch

d i

hi

m

a

; hi

h

alth

a

a

, a

d h

a

d

licat

a

d fa

tidi

u

i

hi

ca

f it. Plu

g

d i

, h

liv

d v

y much a

a

clu

i

hi

chamb

, a

d

a

th

ught t

b

v

d, a

d

hatth

h

di

li

d him call

d a

ga

t. But Bac

a

ambiti

u

ambiti

u

, i

th

fi

t lac

,

f th

Qu

'

tic

a

dfav

u

. H

a

v

atil

, b

illia

t, c

u

tly, b

id

b

i

g hi

fath

'

; a

d c

id

i

g h

a

idly b

ld a

d b

illia

t m

abl

t

u

h th

i

ay a

d ta

th

Qu

'

fav

u

by

t

m, it

m

t

a

g

that Bac

h

uld hav

mai

d fix

dly i

th

had

. S

m

thi

g mu

thav

t him bac . Bu

ghl

y

a

t th

ma

t

gl

ct a u

ful


7/112

i

t

um

t

ith

uch g

d

ill t

v

him. But all that M

. S

ddi

g'

i

du

t

y a

d

f

u

d i

t

t i

th

ubj

ct ha

b

ught t

g

th

th

but a

u

c

tai

light

Bac

'

l

g di

a

i

tm

t. Wa

it th

t

d mi

givi

g

f a ma

f affai

li

Bu

ghl

y at that a

i

at

c

t

m t

f all

xi

ti

g

l

dg

, a

d that u

d

ubti

g c

fid

c

i

hi

t

ma

m

, a

th

y

v

had

,

hich Bac

a

v

f

i

g? O

a

it

m

thi

g

ft a

d

v

-

b

ui

u

i

cha

act

hich mad

th

u

cl

,

h

ll

hat m

h

a

t

d,di

i

cli

d t

c

u

ag

a

d

m l

y th

h

? Wa

F

a

ci

t ha

d

ugh,

t

a

ugh, t

full

f id

a

, t

much aliv

t

th

ha i

f cu

t d

ct

i

a

d a

gum

t

ligi

a

d

licy? Wa

h

t

t

im

i

, mad

by

bj

cti

ival vi

? O

did h

h

ig

f

a

ti

g bac b

t

ta

d amid difficulti

a

dth

at

i

g

ct

? Did Bu

ghl

y

m

thi

g i

him

f th

liability

hich h

c

uld

m

mb

a

th

vic

abl

uality

f hi

y

u

g day

hich

uit

d th

day

f

a

id cha

g

, but

t day

h

cha

g

a

u

d t

b

v

, a

d

h

th

ualiti

hich

a

t

d

th

hich

i

t a

d d

fy it? Th

ly thi

g that i

cl

a

i

that Bu

ghl

y, i

it

f Bac

'

c

ti

ual a licati

, ab

tai

d t

th

la

t f

m adva

ci

g hi

f

tu

.

Wh

th

m

l

y

d by g

v

m

t

t, Bac

b

ga

at thi

tim

t

a

th

ca

fully-

itt

a

th

ublic affai

f th

day,

f

hich h

ha

l

ft a g

d ma

y. I

u

day th

y

uld hav

b

am

hl

t

magazi

a

ticl

. I

hi

th

y

ci

culat

d i

ma

u

c

i

t, a

d

ly

cca

i

ally

i

t

d. Th

fi

t

f a

y im

ta

c

i

a l

tt

f advic

t

th

Qu

, ab

ut th

y

a

1585,

th

licyt b f ll d ith a vi t i g i ch c th R ma Cath lici

t

t at h

m

a

d ab

ad. It i

calm,

agaci

u

, a

d, acc

di

g t

th

fa

hi

f th

ag

,

lightly Machiav

llia

. But th

fi

t

ubj

ct

hich Bac

xhibit

d hi

cha

act

i

tic ualiti

, hi

a

ciati

ffact , hi bala c f th ught, a d hi , h t allyc

mmitt

d,

f

ta

di

g al

f f

m th

di

a

y

judic

a

da

um ti

f m

u

d him,

a

th

ligi

u

c

diti

a

d

ct

f th

E

gli

h Chu

ch. Bac

had b

b

ught u i

a Pu

ita

h

u

h

ld

f th

t

ait

t

ct. Hi

m

th

a

a

a

t,

v

, a

d i

t

l

a

tCalvi

i

t, d

i

th

i

t

t

a

d cau

f h

a

ty, bitt

ly

ti

g all att

m

t

t

i

d

it

t

i

. Sh

a

ama

t

ful

ma

, claimi

g t

m

ddl

ith h

b

th

-i

-la

'

licy,a

d th

ugh a m

t aff

cti

at

m

th

h

a

a

ma

f vi

l

t a

du

g

v

abl

t

m

. H

l

tt

t

h

A

t

y,

h

m

h

l

v

d a

i

at

ly, but

h

m

h

u

ct

d

f

i

g da

g

u

a

d a i

ticalc

m a

y,

h

u

th

im

i

u

i

it i

hich

h

claim

d t

i

t

f

ith h

; a

d th

y

h

al

that i

F

a

ci

h

did

t fi

d allth

d

f

c

hich

h

l

d f

. R

c

mm

di

g A

t

y t

f

u

t "th

ligi

u

x

ci

f th

i

c

t,"

h

a

him

t t

f

ll

hi

b

th

'

advic

xam l

. A

t

y

a

advi

d t

u

ay

t

ic

a day

ith hi

va

t

. "Y

u

b

th

,"

h

add

, "i

t

glig

tth

i

." Sh

i

a

xi

u

ab

ut A

t

y'

h

alth, a

d

a

him

t t

fall i

t

hi

b

th

'

ill-

d

d habit

: "I v

ily thi

y

u

b

th

'

a

t

mach t

dig

t hath b

much cau

d a

d c

fi

m

d byu

tim

ly g

i

g t

b

d, a

d th

mu

i

g /

ci

uid/

h

h

h

uld

l

, a

d th

i

c

u

t by lat

i

i

g a

d l

g lyi

g i

b

d,

h

by hi

m

a

mad

l

thful a

d him

lf c

ti

u

th

ic ly. But my

ha

t

t t

h

a

t

th

i

m

th

'

g

d c

u

l i

tim

t

v

t." It

m

cl

a

that F

a

ci

Bac

had

h

hi

m

th

that

t

ly i

th

ca

f hi

h

alth, but i

hi

judgm

t

ligi

u

matt

, h

m

a

t t

g

hi

ay. M

. S

ddi

g thi

that

h

mu

thav

had much i

flu

c

him; it

m

m

li

ly that h

t

dh

i

t

f

c

, a

d that th

ha

d a

d

a

a

ga

c

hich

h

ad


8/112

i

t

th

G

l

duc

d i

him a

t

g

acti

. Bac

a

b

ui

u

t

th

ty

a

y

f

, but h

a

v

i

cli

d t

b

t

th

ty

a

y

f

i

i

; a

d th

ty

a

y

f Pu

ita

i

fallibility

a

th

la

t thi

gt

hich h

a

li

ly t

ubmit. Hi

m

th

uld hav

i

h

d him t

it u

d

Ca

t

ight a

d T

av

. Th

f

i

d

f hi

ch

ic

a

th

A

glica

ach

, D

. A

d

, t

h

m h

ubmitt

d all hi

, a

d

h

m h

call

d hi

"i

ui

it

g

al;" a

d h

a

ud t

ig

him

lf th

u

il

f Whitgift, a

d t

it

f

himth

a

chbi

h

f

h

m Lady Bac

t

t

h

A

t

y, v

ili

g th

da

g

u

tim

ti

G

, "that h

a

th

ui

f th

Chu

ch, f

h

l

v

d hi

gl

y m

tha

Ch

i

t'

."

C

tai

ly, i

th

ma

abl

a

/C

t

v

i

i

th

Chu

ch/(1589), Bac

had c

a

d t

f

l

t

a

a

a Pu

ita

. Th

a

i

a

att

m t t

c

m

th

c

t

v

y by

i

ti

g

ut th

mi

ta

i

judgm

t, i

t

m

, a

d i

m

th

d

b

th

id

. It i

ti

ly u

li

hat a Pu

ita

uld hav

itt

: it i

t

m

d

at

, t

t

l

a

t, t

ut

al, th

ugh li

m

t

ay

f c

ciliati

it i

t

th

j

i

d

f

m b

th

id

c

tai

ly f

m th

Pu

ita

that it b

g

th

u

ti

by a

umi

g th

u

im

ta

c

f th

matt

ab

ut

hich

achc

t

d

d

ith

much z

al. It i

th

c

fi

mati

, but al

th

c

m

l

m

t, a

d i

m

ay

th

c

cti

f H

'

c

t

m

a

yvi

f th

ua

l

hich

a

th

at

i

g th

lif

f th

E

gli

hChu

ch, a

d

t

v

H

c

uld b

c

m

h

iv

a

d

fai

. F

H

had t

d

f

d much that

a

i

d

f

ibl

: h

had t

d

f

d ag

at t

aditi

al

y

t

m, ju

t c

vul

d by a m

t t

m

d

u

h

c

a

h

c a

d alt

ati

, a

Bac

ay

, "th

g

at

t a

d m

t da

g

u

that ca b i a Stat ," i hich ld cl a d habit a d ul c

fu

d a

d all but l

t; i

hich a f

ightful am

u

t

f

ali

ca acity a

d

thl

had, f

m

h

a

t

f m

,

i

t

th

high lac

f th

Chu

ch; a

d i

hich f

c

a

d vi

l

c

,

m

tim

fth m t hat ful i d, had c m t b acc t d a di a y i t um ti

th

g

v

m

t

f

ul

. H

f

lt t

t

gly th

u

fai

, th

f

lly, th

i

t

l

a

t agg

iv

, th

malig

ity

f hi

t

h

a

t

much aliv

t

th

g

i

flict

d by th

m

hi

id

, a

dt

th

i

c

dibl

ab

u

dity

f th

i

a

gum

t

t

d

ju

tic

t

hat

a

ly t

al i

th

cha

g

a

d c

m lai

t

f th

t

. But

Bac

cam

f

m th

v

y h

a

t

f th

Pu

ita

cam

. H

had

th

i

id

f Pu

ita

i

mit

b

t a

ll a

it

t

id

. H

it

t

th

humility, th

c

ci

ti

u

, th

lab

u

, th

l

a

i

g, th

hat

d

f

i

a

d

g,

f ma

y

f it

ach

. H

had h

a

d, a

dh

a

d

ith

ym athy, all that c

uld b

u

g

d agai

t th

bi

h

'admi

i

t

ati

, a

d agai

t a

y

t

m

f l

gal

i

i

th

am

fth

Chu

ch. Wh

ligi

u

l

m

t

c

fu

dly mix

d, a

d

h

ach

id

had a

a

tly

much t

u

g

b

half

f it

claim

, h

a

th

d

mi

ta

f l

ftily ig

i

g fact

, a

d

f

a

t

f ati

c

a

df

b

a

a

c

ith th

h

ca

dali

d at abu

,

hil

th

abu

,i

m

ca

m

t

u

,

t

l

at

d a

d tu

d t

fit. T

a

d

th

bi

h

a

d th

i

licy, th

ugh hi

la

guag

i

v

y

ctful,f

th

g

v

m

t

a

im licat

d, h

i

v

y

v

. Th

y u

i

h a

d

t

ai

, but th

y d

t th

m

lv

m

d th

i

ay

u

ly

hat

a

a

ti

g; a

d th

i

a

"/i

ju

i

t

ti

um/""i

ju

i

c

m

f

m th

mthat hav

th

u

ha

d." But H

him

lf did

t

ut hi

fi

g

m

t

uly a

d m

u

ly

th

al mi

chi

f

f th

Pu

ita

m

v

m

t:

th

imm

utb

a i

it

f u

a

abl

a

ty

i

it a

d vi

ibl

al ambiti

"th

a

th

t

u

ucc

f Di

t

h

a

d

tmy l

d bi

h

"

th

g

adual d

v

l

m

t

f th

Pu

ita

th

y tillit cam

at la

t t

claim a

u

macy a

u

u

ti

abl

a

d i

t

l

a

t a

that

f th

Pa acy;

th

vil

aff

ctati

f th

fa

hi

f G

vaa

d St

a

bu

g;

th

v

ty a

d f

li

h

f much

f th

Pu

ita


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t

achi

git

i

ability t

ati

fy th

g

at u

ti

hich it

ai

d i

th

ul, it

u

thy d

ali

g

ith Sc

i

tu

"

a

d

xam

l

, c

c

it

di

f

c

, a

d f

c

d allu

i

,

hich mi

i

t

all c

tai

ty

f

ligi

""th

d, th

b

ad

f lif

, th

y t

u a

d d

, th

yb

a it

t;"

th

i

u

d

valui

g

f m

al

th, if it did

t

a i

th

i

h

a

l

gy"a

th

y c

u

vi

tu

u

m

by th

am

f/civil/ a

d /m

al/,

d

th

y c

u

m

t

uly a

d g

dly

i

,

h

i

t

th

va

ity

f th

i

a

ti

, by th

am

f /

liti

u

/,

ayi

g that th

i

i

d

m i

but ca

al a

d

av

u

i

g

f ma

'

b

ai

."Bac

a

that th

Pu

ita

aimi

g at a ty

a

y

hich, if th

y

tabli

h

d it,

uld b

m

c

m

h

iv

, m

a

chi

g, a

d m

c

u

l tha

that

f th

ld

y

t

m

; but h

th

ught it a

m

t

a

dim

babl

da

g

, a

d that th

y might

af

ly b

t

l

at

d f

th

th

y did i

ducati

a

d

achi

g, "b

cau

th

f

xh

tati

d

th chi

fly

t u

th

m

, a

d th

y hav

a z

al a

d hat

f

i

."But h

d

by

a

i

g th

m l

t "that b

t

u

hich

f th

i

adv

a

i

aid, /that th

y hav

but t

mall

a

t

l

dg

a

dl

v

/." O

c

m

lai

t that h

ma

f th

m i

a cu

i

u

i

ta

c

f th

cha

g

f f

li

g,

at l

a

t

f la

guag

,

m

al

ubj

ct

. H

accu

th

m

f "havi

g

u

c

d g

ally, a

d

ith

ut diff

c

,all u

t

uth

u

la

ful," f

g

tful

f th

Egy tia

mid

iv

, a

d Rahab,a

d S

l

m

, a

d

v

f Him "

h

, th

m

t

t

uch th

h

a

t

f th

di

ci l

ith a h

ly dallia

c

, mad

a

th

ugh h

uld hav

a

dEmmau

." H

i

thi

i

g

f th

i

failu

t

a

ly a

i

ci

l

hich

a

cha

act

i

tic

f hi

m

d

f th

ught, that

v

a

tat

m

t ab

ut avi

tu

li

v

acity "hath limit a

all thi

g

l

hav

;" but it i

ddt

fi

d Bac

b

i

gi

g agai

t th

Pu

ita

th

c

v

f th

cha

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d

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l

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tim

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h

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abl

f ta

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ti

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mi

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fi

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c

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ma

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al"/Ihav

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i

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im

l

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a

fa

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a

tful

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t a

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u

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my

lf that I am

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h

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lf m

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my faithful d

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y

u

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m my l

dgi

g

at G

ay'

I

."

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l

tt

t

hi

u

ym ath

tic a

d

u

ici

u

, but

bably

tu

f

i

dly

lativ

, i

th

y t

Bac

'

la

f lif

;

hich,

ith

umb

l

cha

g

f f

m, h

f

ll

d t

th

d. That i

, a

f

i

,

t

adily,

i

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ly, a

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i

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m

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th

ultimat

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lif

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uit, i

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m

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f

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m

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uitful. A

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tatt

m

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by g

al b

havi

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, by

f

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vic

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th

cca

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ff

d, by

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igi

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til

at th

vic

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g

v

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t, t

i

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th

ma

if

ti

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that a ma

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g

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f m a d t f l dg i a m d ful tha th

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