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Alam'i Fall, or the Flrat We rlafet Adam m first cteated A happy BkCHKLoa Nor sought he 1i be mated. Or thought of"W or "her," Woman had not Been then inventej And all contented Waa Adam'a lot. Joyous and free fiom ain He paused hi early life And th.ua he atill had been. Had he not known a wife. Had he not elept, He ne'er had been, Thus taken in But aingle kept. He did not want or need A thing ao fale or frail, More than a toad, indeed. Require or wants a tail. Daily had he The Cherubim And Seraphim For company. But meddling Angela soon, To apoil hia peaceful life. Set ail their wita to work To "piftltim out a wife." Aa with as here Our "angcU" do Whene'er they viaw A Bachelor. When Mrs. Adam came, She hinted with a smile, That th- y hd better live, A MUle more in style, My dear we're able, Better to dress. And keep, I guesa, A better table." Tlutt day ahe made a feart. Of rare and costly fruit The next day both appeared Dreed in a bran new suit, And every day Did fiTnale pride Decoy them wide From wisdom's way. What was dy'e think the end Of this new course of life 1 Adam waa bankrupt made By hia smbitiou wife ; The ipp.1.iffcame And made a route And turn'd them out Of house and home. And now forced to work, To digging went and hoeing And lady Eve so proud, Was glad to tako in sewing. Then as a mother, The hrata she had Turned out ao bad One killed his brother. Had he not, while he slept, Been saddled with mate, Would Ad i in not have kept. Think ye, hi first estate ! Without a mother, Could wicked Cain, Think ye, have slain His pioua Liother 1 Thia mischief all arose. And more than I have stated, Fiom Adam'a first faux pas, Sulmiuing to be mated. Then let us all Hia folly see And thus shall we Escape his full. PnrtT ELOtcEsxt. Truly has it been said, 'there is but one step from the sublime to the re diculous!" A striking instance of this fact occur red in our hearing a few evenings ago. A revival preacher, of some note, was descanting un that su blimeat of all themes the lower and majesty of God ! After giving utterance to a strain of real eloquence, he closed his eulogium of the Ureal Ar chitsct of the Universe, by describing him aa that Being "who bad planted the Sun in the Heavena placed the Moon in its Socket and set the Stars in their several Candlestick." Reading Gazette. Pociroft Youatrar. If you tska cold, doctor yourself at once. Put your feet into warm water, and let there be a good quantity of mustard in it. It will draw the cold from the head. Then drink hot gruel, lemonade, or whatever you may fancy. Pile blankets and coverlids upon your bed, and you will get into a violent perspiration. That, if not checked too hastily, will cure your cold spee dily. All the doctors in Ue world can do an more. Wo'." "There aomethin J to me, says By ton, "very softening in the presence of a woman 5 some strange influence, even if one ia not in love 'with them. I always feel in better humor with my. self and every thing else, if there is a woman with 10 ken." Willis, speaking of a lady who raairied for money alone, remarks : "She married him for an eatahliahment, bat forgot that he waa a part of ft dazzled with the frame, the overlooked the hideous tieaa of the picture." To be great is not in every one's power, but to tie good is in the power of all. Rr.ttai tiom. 'I never broke a resolution yelV' Kaid one secured of having jus' betrayed one ; -1 know it," ssid the other, for I'll tx t 'i'hat in your life you never yet have oiaJe one I" From VAubigne's History of the Great Re Jbrtimtion, LVTIIER DKPOnK Til K DIET OF WORMS. In the mearrttntfe Spa la tin himself began to be disturbed with apprehensions. Situate ra the midst of enemies of tho Reformation, he heard It said on all sides that a heretic's safe- conduct would be disregarded. His friendship took the alarm. At the moment when Luther was approching the city, a servant met him and delivered him a message from the chap lain. "Abstain from entering Worms. And this from Spalatin himself, the Electer's confi dential adviser 1 Luther, still unshaken, turn ed his eyes on the messenger, and answered, GoJrMyonr matter, that though lAcre should be at many Devil t tit Vor ms, as there art tiles on its roofs, I vxntld enter it.' At no time had the grandeur of Luther's spirit been more evinced. The messenger re entered Worms, and delivered the astounding declaration. 'I was then intrepid.' said 1m- ther, (a few days before his death.) I feared nothing. God can give this boldness to man. 4! know not whether now I should have to much liberty anil joy."' 'When our cause is good,' adds liis disciple Mathesius, 'the heart ex pands and gives courage and energy to the e- vangclist and the soldier.' At last, on the morning of the IGth April, Luther discovered the walls of the ancient ci ty. All were expecting him. But one sub ject occupied the thoughts of the citirens. Some young nobles, Bernard of Kerschfeld, Albert Lindenau, with six mounted cavaliers, and other gentlemen of the prince's retinue, to the number in all of a hundred, (according to Pallavicini,) in their impatience, rode out of the city to meet him, and surrounded his tra velling car, escorted him to the gates. He went forward. The imperial herald galloped before, attired in the vestments of his office. Luther came next, in his modest vehicle. Jo nas followed on horseback, and the party of horsemen surrounded him. A vaBt crowd was awaiting his arrival at the gates. At ten o' clock he entered within those walls, whence so many had predicted to him that he would ne ver again depart Behold him in Worms ! Two thousand persons accompanied the fa med monk of Wittemberg through the streets of the city. People ran to their doors to see him. The crowd was increasing every mo ment, and was even greater than at the pub lic entry ofthe Emperor himself. Of a sudden says an historian, a man clothed in grotesque habiliments, and bearing before him a lofty cross, as is customary at funerals, penetrated through the crowd, and advanced towards Lu ther : then with a shrill and plaintiff cadence, in which the priests perform masses from the repose of the dead, he chaunted these words, as if he were uttering them from the abode of departed spirits Advenisti, Odoridnrabillis! Quern expects bamus in tenebris ! Thus was Luther's arrival celebrated by a requiem. It was the court fool ot one of the Dukes of Bavaria, who (if the account maybe depended upon) thus gave to Luther one of those warnings, replete at once with solemn instruc tion and irony, of which so many instances are on record. But the shouts of the crowd soon drowned the de profundis of the cross-bearer. The procession made its way with difficulty through the people. At last the herald of the Empire stopped before the hotel of the Knights of Rhodes. It was there that Fredi ic of Thun, and Philip Feilitsch, two counsellors of tho E lector, and Ulric Pappenhcim, the marshal of the Empire, had taken up their abode. Luther alighted from his waggon, and as he set his foot on the ground, exclaimed, God will be my defence.' 'I entered Worms,' said he, at a la ter period, 'in an open cart and in a monk's frock. And every one came out into the street, desiring to see friar Martin.' The intelligence of his arrival was recx-ived with alarm by the Elector of Xnny anj A)e. ander. Albert, the yon.v.g ,nd accomplished Archbishop, whos minii w in ,he mi(ld,e sition, was dmayed ttt tlia daring stpp qf , had no rnore courage than the Archbishop,' said I.u't.cr, 'true it is, they would never have BCe-n me at Worms. Charles V. instantly convoked his council. The confidential adviser of the Emperor repair ed in hasto to the palace for the fear had com municated to them. 'Luther is come, said Charles, 'what must be done 1 Modo, Bishop of Palermo and Chancellor of Flanders, answered, according to the testimo ny of Luther : -We have long thought of this matter. Let your Majesty rid yourself at once of this man. Did not Sigismond bring John Hum to the stake t One is under no obliga. tion either to give or to observe a Rafe-conduct in the Case of heretics. 'Not to,' said Charles, 'what we promise we should observe and keep.' It was thercfitre, agreed that the Reformer should be heard. . Meanwhile crowds continued to gather out side the hotel ot Rhodes, where Luther had a lighted. Somo had 'Conceived an idea of him as a prodigy of wisdom ; others as a monster. Every one desired to sets him. limy left him, however, a few hours to recruit himself alter his journey, and discourse with his most inti mate friends. But as soon as the evening clo sed in, counts, barons, knights, gentlemen, ec clesiastics, and citizens, flocked about him. All, even tho most opposed to him, were struck with his courageous bearing the joy that bea med in his countenance the power of his clo quence, and the solemn elevation and cnthu siam which gave to the words of a single monk J a sort of irresistible authority. But some ascri bed this grandeur to a something divine; whilst the partizans of the Pope Iouldly exclaimed that he was possessed "by a devil. Visitors 1 poured in, and the succession ofthe curious, kept Luther from his bed till a late hour. Four o,clock arrived. 1 The Marshal of the Empire appeared. Luther prepared to set out God had heard his pray ers ; he was calm when he quitted the hotel. The herald walked first. Next came the Mar shal of the Empire, followed by the Reformer. The crowd Jthat thronged the streets v. as yet more dense than on the preceding evening. It was not possible to advance it was in vain that orders were given to make way ; tho crowd was increasing. At last the herald, tee ing the impossibility of reaching the Town Hall, demanded admission into some private houses, and conducted Luther th rough the gar dens and back ways to the place where the Di et was assembled. The people who W Itncssnd this, rushed into the houses a fer tho monk of Wittemberg, stationed themselves at the win dows overlooking the gardens, and many of them taking their stand on the tops of the holi es. The roofs and the pavements, above and beneath, all around him, were covered with spectators. Arriving at last at the Town Hall, and his companions were again at a loss how to pass the gateway, which was thronged by a multi tude. Make room ! was the cry ; but no one stirred. The imperial soldiers then cleared a passage. The people hurrying forward to en ter together with the Reformer, the soldiers drove them back with their halberds. Luther entered the enterior of the hall, and there a gain he beheld the enclosure crowded. In the interior chambers and windows recesses, there were more than five thousand spectators (Her man, Italian, Spanish, and of other nations. Lu ther advanced with difficulty. As he drew near the door which was to admit him to the presence of the judges, he was met by a va liant knight, George Frctindsberg, who four years afterwards, attended by his followers, couched his lance at the battle of Pavia, and bearing down the left of the French army, drove it into theTessino, and decided the captivity of the King of France. The old general, seeing Luther pass, touched him on the shoulder, and shaking his head, blanched in many battles, said kindly, 'My poor monk, my poor monk, thou hast a inarch and a struggled go through, such as neither I nor many other aptains have seen the like in our most bloody battles. But if th cause be just and thou art sure of it, go forward in God's name, and fear nothing ! I le will not forsake thee !' A noble tribute ren dered by martial spirit to the courage of the soul. 'He that rulcth his spirit is greater than he that taketh a city, was the word of a king. And now the doors ofthe hall were thrown open, Luther entered, and map.y who formed no part of the Diet gained B'Jmi,8ton with him. Never had any man appeared before so august an assembly. Tho Emperor Charles the V., whose kingdom extended across both hemis pheres, his brother, the Archduke Ferdinand, six Eloctors of the Empire, most of whose 1 ucci ssors are now crowned heads ; twenty- bur dukes, many of them territorial sovereigns, r iia oinon'' who.n were come who bore a name in after times held in fear and horror by the na tions who accepted the Reformation (the Duke of Alva and hit two sons) eight mar graves, thirty archhtshortp, binhops, and pre lates, seven ambassadors,, including those of France and England, the deputies ot ten free cities, a nnmbernf prince, counts, and barons of rank, the Pope's .Nuncios, 1n all two hun dred persons. Such was the imposing assem bhge before which stood Martin Luther. His appearance there was of itself a signal victory over the Papacy. The man whom the., Pope had condemned stood before a tribunal raised by that very fact above the Popes au thority. Placed under interdict, and struck not from human fellowship by the Pope, he was cited in respectful terms, and received before the noblest of human auditories. The Pope had decreed that his lips should be chwed fore ver, and he was about to unclose them in pre eence of thousands assembled from the remotest countries of Christendom. Thus had an im mense revolution been cfT.-cled by his means Koine w as brought down from her scat, and the power tlmt thus humbled her whs the word of a monk . Some princes who were near him, observing the humble wb ofthe miner of Mansfield awed ami effected in this ateembly of sovereigns, ap proached la 111a kindly. Ono of them whispered, Fear not them wlio arc ohie to kill the body, and cannot destroy Vc soul.' Another whis pered to him. 'When you are brought bvinrc kings it shall Ik; given yw by the S,i.ril 01 your Fat her what yon aha II say.' Tims t.iff ;ha monk strengthened with his Mister's words by the great ones of I his world. Mee.nwhilo the guards made way for I, other. llo stepped forward, and found himself in front ofthe throne of Charles V. AU eyes were turned upon him. The confusion was stilled, and there was a profound silence. 'Siiy no thing until jwe9lion is put to you,' said the Marshal ofthe Empire as IrcruiUcd ft''n' After a moment's solemn pause, John Eck, the Chancellor of the Archbishop of Treves, and the friend of Alexander, whom we must not confound with the theologian of that nitmc, rose, and in a clear and sonorous accent firut in Latin and then in Gorman, said : 'Martin Luther, his sacked and invincible Majesty has cited you before his throne, act ing on the opinion and advice of the States of the Holy Roman Empire, to require you to an swer to these nunst inns. Fir.-t : Do voh ac knowledge these writings to have been compo sed by ynu V At the same time tho speaker pointed his finirerto nlmut twenty vnlumns pla ced in the centre of the hull, immediately before Luther. 'I could not eea.i where they had obtrriTred them,' said Luther, relntinp; the (act : it was A lean ler who had taken the trou ble to collect them. 'Secondly,1 continued the Chancellor,, 'Arc you prepared to retract these works, and the propositions contained therein, or do you persist in what you have therein ad vanced ?' Luther, without faltering, was about to an swer the first question in the affirmative, when JermeSchurtf, hastily interrupted him, exclai med aloud, 'Let their titles lie read.' The Chancellor advancing to tho table, read the titles. There were in numborseveral works of a devotional character, and altogether uncon nected with the controverted points. The enumeration being gone through, Lu ther spoke as follows, first in Latin, then iu German : 'Most gracious Euieror, Princes, and Irds ! 'Ilis imperial Majesty puts to me two ques tions. 'As to the first, I acknowledge the Kioks, the names of which have been read, to be of my writing ; I cannot deny them. As to the second, seeing that it is a ques tion which has reference to faith, and tho sal vation of souls, a question which concerns the word of God, the greatest and most precious treasure of heaven or earth, I should set rash ly if I wcro to answer without reflection. I might say less than tho circumstance demands or more than truth requires, and so sin against that word of Christ ; lV7ioefrrr shall deny me orjare men, mm wui 1 deny before my Father whirh is in heaven. Immediately the Imperial herald came for ward and conducted Luther back to the hotel. Threats and shouts arcoinpnnied him through the crowd ; alntmiug reorts rwielied !ii friends. 'The Diet is displeased.' it wiksiuI: "the Pope's envoys triumph ; the Reformer will fill a victim.' Men's passions were roused. Rome gentlemen repaired in hade to Luther. 'Doctor,' said they in agitation, 'what ie all this 1 They say they are resolved to bring you to the stake. 'If they dare attempt it,' they added, 'it shall be at the peril ot their lives.' 'And it would have lieon so,' mi id Lu ther repealing their words at EisJebeii twenty years later. On the other hand, Luther's enemies were II confidence. 'lie Ins beT(jpd for tiinr said they, 'he is going to retract. At a distance his speech was arrogant ; but now his cotirngo forsikes liiui. He is conquered.' Luther was porhpa the only poison at Worms perfectly undisturbed. At f ur o'clock the herald presented himself, and conducted Luther to the hall of tho Diet The general curiosity wus extreme, for the answer was to he decisive. The Diet being entrained in deliberation. Luther whs obliged to wait in tho court, surrounded hv a dense crowd, eageily moving to and tro, and resem fding a sea of heads. For two hours, the Re. lormer was hemmed in bv the mnlti'n.le press ing to see him. 'I was not used,' said he, 'to such ways ami noise.' To an ordinary man this would have been a previous hindrance to pre pa redness of mind. But l-ullier was walking with God. Ilia look was serene ; his features unruffled. The Eternal was placing him on a rock. Evening began to close in, ami the torches w ere lighted in tho hall. Their light gleamed through the ancient painted glass to the court beyond, and the whole ecene were an Rspeet of mor" than common solemnity. At length the Doeter was admitted. Many per sons obtained admission with hhu, for every one was desired to hear his answer. The Princes having taken their seats, and Luther being a train in presence of OliB'lewV. The Chancellor ot the Elector of Treves broke ei lepee. nnd said : 'Murtin l.'.m.iT, yo'.i requested yesterday a i)e.iy wliu h is now expired. Certiiinly tho M:et V) - net bound 111 just ee to accede to your ilesure, Mtire every man should be so grounded in his faith as to be able at nil times to give an ant-wer to those who nsk him ; much more one who is an eminent and learned doc tor in the rVjriptures, Now, therefore, answer the enquiry of his Majesty, who has manifest ed so much indulgence. Arc you prepared to defend all that your writings contain, or do you w ish to retract any pert-of them V Alter having spoken these words, the Chan-1 cellor repeated them in German. Hereupon,' says the Acts cf Worms, 'Doc tor Martin Luther made answer in a low and humble tone, without any veheinenco or vio lence, but with gentlencssatid mildness, and in a manner lull of respect and diffidence, yet with much joy and 'Christain firmness,' 'Most Serene Emperor, and you illustrious Princes and grncious Lords,' said Luther, turning towards Charles, and looking round tho assembly,'! this day appear before you in all humility, according to your command, and I implore your Majesty and your august High nesses, by the mercies of God, to listen with fivortoUic defence of a cause which I am weil assured is just and right. I ask pardon, if by reason of my ignorance, I am wanting in the manners that befit a court ; fori have not been brought up in King's palaces, Utt m the seclusion of a cloister. 'Two quer.tions were yesterday put to me by his Imperial Majesty ; the first, whether I was the author ofthe books whose titles were read: the second, whether I wished to revoke or de fend the doctrines'! have taugtrt. I answered the first, and I adhere to the answer. As to the second, 1 have composed writings on very different sfibjects. In some I have discussed Faith and Good Works, in a spirit at once so pure, clear, and Christian, that even my adversaries themselves, far from finding anything to censure, confess that these writ ings ate profitable, and deserve to be perused by devout persons. The Pope's bull, violent as it is acknowledge sthis. What then should I be doing if I were now to retract these writ ings! Wretched man! I alone, of all men living, should bo abandoning truths approved by the unanimous voice of friends and ene mies, and opposing doctrines that the whole world glories in confessing. 'I have composed, secondly, certain works against Popery, wherein I have attacked such as by false doctrines, irregular lives, and scan dalous examples, atrlirtthe Christian world, and ruin th bodies and souls of men. And is not this confirmed by the grief of all who fear God 7 Is it not manifest that the laws and human doc trines of the Popes entangle vex, and distress the consciences of the faithful, whilst the cry ing and endless extortions of Rome engulf the property and wealth of Christendom, mid tnoTe particularly of this illustrious nation ! 'If I were to r. vol.e. w hut I had written on that subject, wn.it should I do but ptrtnglhen tins lyr.iiiuy, iiihl open a widrrd'Xr to so many Bud lli'jriint uiiu eties f Rearing down all re sistance with fresh fjry, we should behold these proud men swell, foam, and rago more than ever! And not morely would the yoke w hich now weighs dow n Christains be made more grinding by my retraction, it would thereby become, so to speuk, lawful, for. by my retraction, it would receive confirmation from your most Serene Majesty, and all thu States ot the Empire, Great God ! I should thus bo 1 lie to an infamous cloak, used to hide and cover over every kind of malice and ty ran ny. 'In the third and last place, I have written some book against private individuals, who had undertaken to tf4'eiul the tyranny of Home by detroying the fiit'i. I freely confess tint I may have attacked such pernios with mere violence than wus consistcit w nil my profes sion as au ecclesiastic : I do not think iuyel! as a t-aiut, but neither can I retract these books, because I should, by so doing, banctiou the impieties ot'iny oiqioneni mul they would Ihence take ocetsiou to crush God's people with still more cruelty. 'Vet, as I am a mere man. and not God, I will defend myself after the example of Jesus Chri.-ti w ho said : 'If 1 hate spoken evil, hear witness acamst e,' (John xviii.23.) How much more should I, who am but dust and ashes, and so prone to error, desire that every one should bring forward what he can against my doctrine 'Therefore, most Serene Emperor, and you illustrious Princes, and all, whether high or low, who hear me, I implore you by the uier- (leliimn, f If , three aqnnres, f 12; two squares, f 9 1 one square, f A. Half-yearly: one column, f I S hat' column, f II ; three squares, f8 ; two rquarcs, $5; one square, fiO. Advertisements left without directions an to the h-ncfih of time they are to be published, will be continued until ordered out, and charged nocord iiigly, Cixtew lines make a square. vies of God to provts to mo by the writings of the prophets and apostle that I am in error. As soon asl shall be convinced, 1 will instantly retract all my Trrors, nd will myself be tho first to seize my writings, and commit thetn to the fin 1 lies. What I have just saidlthinlt will clearly show, that I haco well considered and weigh ed the dangers to which 1 am exposing my self; but fit r from being dismayed by thein.t. rejoice exceed ingiy to see the Gospel this day as of old, a cause of disturbance and disagree menl. It is the character and destiny of God's word. 'I cirno not to send pence unt the earth, I art a sword,' said Je Christ, G-I is wonderful and awful in his counsels. Ict us have a care, 1c?t in our endeavors to arrest discords, we be found to fight against the holy word of tiod and biing down upon our bonus a triglitiul deluge, ot mextneame uangor.-i. prert dialers, and everlasting desolations. let ns have a care lost the reign ofthe yonng and noble Prince, the Emperor Charles, on whom, next to (Jod, we build so many hopes, should not only commence, but continue and terminate its course under the most fatal au spices. I wight cite examples drawn from the oracles -of iod' continued Luther, speaking with noble courage in the presence of the migh tiest monarch of the world. 'I might speak of Pharaohs. of sings of Ribylon, or of Israel, who were never more contributing to their own ruin, than when, by measures in appear ance most prudent., they thought to rstablish their authority! God removelli the mountains and they know not. (Job ix 5. 'In speaking thus, I do not suppose tliht such noble Princes have need of any poor judg ment ; but I wish ti acquit myselfof a duly that Germany has a right to expect from her children. And soeommending myself to your August Majesty, and your Most Serene High nesses, I beseech you in all humility, not to permit tiro hatred of my enemies to Tain up on me au indignation which I have rot de served.' Luther had pronounced these words in Ger man, with modesty, and yet w ith much eur notness and resolution ; he was desired to re peat them in Latin ; (the Emperor was not fond of German.") The 6plcndtd assembly which surrounded the Reformer, its noic and excitement had exhausted him. 'I was bath ed in sweat.' said he, 'and standing in the cen tre ofthe l'rinces.' Fteileric of Thun, con fidential counsellor ofthe Elector of Saxony, who by bis master's orders had taken his stand at the Reformer's side, to guard him against surprise or violence, seeing the exhaustion ot itic poor monk, said.'lf you are not equal to th' exertion of repeating your speech, what yon have said will suffice. But Luther, having taken a moment's breathing time, began again and repeated his aJdress in Latin with undi minished nwcr. 'The Elector was quite plecscJ with that,' said the Rcfoimor, when relating the circum stance. As soon as he slopped speaking, the Chan celloi of Treves, spokesman of the Diet, sail angrily. You have not given any answer to the en quiry put to you. You are not to question thu decisions of the Councils, you are required U return a clear and distinct answer. Will you, or will you not retract V Luther then answer ed unhesitatingly : 'Since your 1110M Serena Highness and your High Mightiness rcqtiira of me a simple, clear, and direct answer, I wilf give you one, and it is this : I cannot sub mit my faith either to the Popo or to the Coun cils, because it is as clear as noon day that they have often fallen into error, and even in to glaring inconsistency with themselves. If then I am not Convinced by proof from Holy Scriptures or by cogent reasons: if I am not satisfied by tho very text that I have ci'. d ; and if my judgment is not in this way brought into subjection to God's word, I neither can nor will retract any thing : for it cannot be rigb" tir a Christian to speak against his conscience.' Then turning a ln.k on that assembly before wfrotii he stood, and which held in its hands his 1 1 to er death : l stand here, and ean say 10 more : Uml htlp (. Amen. The assembly wus motionless w ith astonish ment. Several of the Princes present could scarcely conceal their admiration. The lim poror, recovering I'roiii his firrt impression, x cliiiiucd, 'The monk speaks w ith an intrepid heart and tiiibha ken courage.' 'I'lie Jpunriksa,.. and Italians alone were confounded, and soon began to ridicule a moral grandeur which they could not comprehend. 'If you do not retract,' resumed (he Chancel lor, as soon as the assembly hud recovered from tho ilnnreion produced by Luther , sM?eeh, 'the Emperor and the states of tb Empire will pnceed to consider how to del with an obstinate heretic.' At these word Luther's friends trembled : but the monk re. peated : 'May GoJ Uj my helper ! Rr I can re tract nothing.'
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