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where<00:11:35.200><c> Mary</c><00:11:35.559><c> was,</c>

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salutes<00:11:36.539><c> her</c><00:11:36.720><c> in</c><00:11:36.879><c> a</c><00:11:37.000><c> form</c><00:11:37.220><c> of</c><00:11:37.480><c> words</c><00:11:37.639><c> that</c><00:11:38.019><c> surprises</c><00:11:38.419><c> and</c>

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perplexes<00:11:39.379><c> her,</c>

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women<00:11:44.980><c> are</c><00:11:45.279><c> accustomed</c><00:11:45.639><c> to</c><00:11:45.940><c> complimentary</c><00:11:46.639><c> salutations,</c>

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whether<00:11:48.279><c> it</c><00:11:48.480><c> was</c><00:11:48.639><c> as</c><00:11:48.879><c> much</c><00:11:49.039><c> so</c><00:11:49.240><c> in</c><00:11:49.399><c> the</c><00:11:49.580><c> first</c><00:11:49.840><c> century</c><00:11:50.299><c> as</c><00:11:50.559><c> now</c>

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may<00:11:50.940><c> be</c><00:11:51.120><c> doubted,</c>

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though,<00:11:52.419><c> as</c><00:11:52.700><c> human</c><00:11:52.899><c> nature</c><00:11:53.220><c> is</c><00:11:53.440><c> the</c><00:11:53.659><c> same,</c><00:11:54.360><c> it</c><00:11:54.399><c> is</c><00:11:54.620><c> probable</c>

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that<00:11:55.279><c> the</c><00:11:55.539><c> deference</c><00:11:55.919><c> shown</c><00:11:56.159><c> to</c><00:11:56.360><c> the</c><00:11:56.500><c> gentle</c><00:11:56.899><c> sex</c><00:11:57.179><c> in</c><00:11:57.320><c> those</c><00:11:57.559><c> days</c>

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would<00:11:58.019><c> be</c><00:11:58.299><c> different</c><00:11:58.539><c> only</c><00:11:58.899><c> in</c><00:11:59.159><c> form</c><00:11:59.320><c> and</c><00:11:59.480><c> not</c><00:11:59.740><c> in</c><00:12:00.019><c> sentiment,</c>

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but<00:12:01.000><c> there</c><00:12:01.200><c> was</c><00:12:01.399><c> something</c><00:12:01.740><c> in</c><00:12:01.940><c> this</c><00:12:02.220><c> salutation</c><00:12:02.799><c> that</c><00:12:03.120><c> made</c>

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Mary<00:12:03.799><c> feel</c><00:12:04.019><c> it</c><00:12:04.179><c> was</c><00:12:04.340><c> no</c><00:12:04.559><c> ordinary</c><00:12:05.159><c> salutation,</c>

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the<00:12:06.580><c> impressive</c><00:12:07.059><c> appearance</c><00:12:07.580><c> of</c><00:12:07.779><c> Gabriel,</c><00:12:08.580><c> and</c><00:12:08.759><c> the</c><00:12:08.899><c> grave</c>

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and<00:12:09.340><c> loving</c><00:12:09.580><c> ardour</c><00:12:09.919><c> of</c><00:12:10.039><c> his</c><00:12:10.279><c> manner,</c>

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would<00:12:11.080><c> impress</c><00:12:11.360><c> her</c><00:12:11.539><c> with</c><00:12:11.740><c> this</c><00:12:11.899><c> feeling,</c><00:12:12.559><c> she</c><00:12:12.820><c> is</c><00:12:13.000><c> troubled</c>

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at<00:12:13.620><c> his</c><00:12:13.860><c> saying,</c>

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while<00:12:14.720><c> she</c><00:12:14.980><c> is</c><00:12:15.159><c> wondering,</c><00:12:16.139><c> Gabriel</c><00:12:16.500><c> tells</c><00:12:16.860><c> her</c><00:12:17.059><c> she</c><00:12:17.200><c> is</c><00:12:17.379><c> to</c><00:12:17.480><c> be</c><00:12:17.600><c> the</c><00:12:17.759><c> mother</c><00:12:18.000><c> of</c><00:12:18.200><c> a</c>

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son,<00:12:19.000><c> whom</c><00:12:19.120><c> she</c><00:12:19.340><c> is</c><00:12:19.539><c> to</c><00:12:19.700><c> call</c><00:12:19.919><c> Jesus,</c>

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he<00:12:20.980><c> shall</c><00:12:21.279><c> be</c><00:12:21.620><c> great,</c><00:12:22.240><c> and</c><00:12:22.419><c> shall</c><00:12:22.659><c> be</c><00:12:22.919><c> called</c><00:12:23.139><c> the</c><00:12:23.360><c> son</c><00:12:23.500><c> of</c><00:12:23.679><c> the</c><00:12:23.840><c> highest,</c>

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and<00:12:24.720><c> the</c><00:12:24.899><c> Lord</c><00:12:25.139><c> God</c><00:12:25.379><c> shall</c><00:12:25.679><c> give</c><00:12:25.899><c> unto</c><00:12:26.159><c> him</c><00:12:26.340><c> the</c><00:12:26.559><c> throne</c><00:12:26.779><c> of</c>

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his<00:12:27.179><c> father</c><00:12:27.440><c> David,</c>

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and<00:12:28.360><c> he</c><00:12:28.639><c> shall</c><00:12:28.820><c> reign</c><00:12:29.039><c> over</c><00:12:29.320><c> the</c><00:12:29.500><c> house</c><00:12:29.779><c> of</c><00:12:29.980><c> David</c><00:12:30.279><c> forever,</c>

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and<00:12:31.360><c> of</c><00:12:31.500><c> his</c><00:12:31.700><c> kingdom</c><00:12:32.019><c> there</c><00:12:32.279><c> shall</c><00:12:32.539><c> be</c><00:12:32.759><c> no</c><00:12:32.980><c> end,</c>

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Mary<00:12:33.960><c> is</c><00:12:34.179><c> a</c><00:12:34.360><c> sensible,</c><00:12:35.299><c> self</c><00:12:35.519><c>-composed,</c><00:12:36.240><c> ice</c><00:12:36.379><c>-relittish</c><00:12:36.860><c> damsel,</c><00:12:37.740><c> though</c><00:12:37.860><c> full</c>

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of<00:12:38.240><c> faith</c><00:12:38.419><c> and</c><00:12:38.580><c> the</c><00:12:38.779><c> love</c><00:12:38.899><c> of</c><00:12:39.100><c> God,</c>

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she<00:12:40.000><c> does</c><00:12:40.279><c> not</c><00:12:40.480><c> swoon</c><00:12:40.740><c> and</c><00:12:40.919><c> go</c><00:12:41.100><c> into</c><00:12:41.419><c> hysterics,</c><00:12:42.399><c> she</c><00:12:42.659><c> does</c><00:12:42.980><c> not</c><00:12:43.179><c> pose</c><00:12:43.440><c> or</c>

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ejaculate<00:12:44.340><c> in</c><00:12:44.539><c> the</c><00:12:44.720><c> tragic</c><00:12:45.059><c> styles</c><00:12:45.419><c> of</c><00:12:45.720><c> modern</c><00:12:45.960><c> effeminacy,</c>

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she<00:12:47.139><c> asks</c><00:12:47.519><c> the</c><00:12:47.840><c> angel</c><00:12:48.080><c> how</c><00:12:48.340><c> such</c><00:12:48.600><c> a</c><00:12:48.779><c> thing</c><00:12:48.899><c> is</c><00:12:49.120><c> possible</c><00:12:49.519><c> with</c>

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the<00:12:51.240><c> angel's</c><00:12:51.820><c> answer</c><00:12:52.059><c> is</c><00:12:52.299><c> a</c><00:12:52.419><c> consummate</c><00:12:52.940><c> blending</c><00:12:53.240><c> of</c><00:12:53.519><c> literal</c><00:12:53.820><c> accuracy</c><00:12:54.440><c> with</c>

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faultless<00:12:55.299><c> delicacy,</c>

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the<00:12:56.480><c> Holy</c><00:12:56.720><c> Spirit</c><00:12:57.139><c> shall</c><00:12:57.379><c> come</c><00:12:57.659><c> upon</c><00:12:57.919><c> thee,</c><00:12:58.440><c> and</c><00:12:58.580><c> the</c><00:12:58.740><c> power</c>

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of<00:12:59.159><c> the</c><00:12:59.320><c> highest</c><00:12:59.620><c> shall</c><00:12:59.919><c> overshadow</c><00:13:00.559><c> thee,</c>

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the<00:13:05.659><c> Holy</c><00:13:05.899><c> Spirit,</c><00:13:06.679><c> the</c><00:13:06.820><c> power</c><00:13:07.080><c> of</c><00:13:07.279><c> the</c><00:13:07.419><c> highest,</c><00:13:08.100><c> when</c><00:13:08.200><c> we</c><00:13:08.440><c> have</c><00:13:08.679><c> grasped</c><00:13:09.039><c> the</c><00:13:09.200><c> significance</c><00:13:09.740><c> of</c>

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the<00:13:11.399><c> angel's</c><00:13:11.980><c> words</c><00:13:12.159><c> tell</c><00:13:12.419><c> us</c><00:13:12.580><c> all</c><00:13:12.799><c> we</c><00:13:13.000><c> need</c><00:13:13.159><c> to</c><00:13:13.379><c> know</c><00:13:13.480><c> of</c><00:13:13.679><c> the</c>

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