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Now,<00:16:24.820><c> I</c><00:16:24.960><c> think</c><00:16:25.100><c> there's</c><00:16:25.299><c> a</c><00:16:25.480><c> crucial</c><00:16:25.740><c> thing</c><00:16:25.980><c> here.</c>

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This<00:16:27.700><c> is</c><00:16:27.980><c> a</c><00:16:28.100><c> huge</c><00:16:28.279><c> benefit</c><00:16:28.539><c> to</c><00:16:28.720><c> me</c><00:16:28.840><c> of</c><00:16:28.960><c> the</c><00:16:29.159><c> pioneer</c><00:16:29.360><c> writings.</c>

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In<00:16:31.360><c> one</c><00:16:31.519><c> of</c><00:16:31.639><c> Brother</c><00:16:31.840><c> Thomas's</c><00:16:32.220><c> books,</c><00:16:32.500><c> he's</c><00:16:32.620><c> got</c><00:16:33.059><c> a</c><00:16:33.259><c> depiction</c><00:16:33.779><c> of</c><00:16:34.779><c> the</c>

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ages<00:16:35.379><c> or</c><00:16:35.620><c> epochs</c><00:16:36.039><c> of</c><00:16:36.200><c> man,</c><00:16:36.440><c> the</c><00:16:36.600><c> Mosaic</c><00:16:37.080><c> Epoch.</c>

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We<00:16:38.419><c> come</c><00:16:38.679><c> down</c><00:16:38.919><c> to</c><00:16:39.059><c> the</c><00:16:39.220><c> Kingdom</c><00:16:39.600><c> Epoch</c><00:16:40.139><c> and</c><00:16:40.299><c> it's</c><00:16:40.519><c> a</c><00:16:40.700><c> circle</c>

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with<00:16:41.559><c> rectangles</c><00:16:43.240><c> in</c><00:16:43.460><c> between.</c>

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You<00:16:43.879><c> know</c><00:16:43.960><c> that</c><00:16:44.159><c> little</c><00:16:44.399><c> picture?</c>

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Sort<00:16:45.120><c> of</c><00:16:45.159><c> like</c><00:16:45.399><c> the</c><00:16:45.639><c> aeons</c><00:16:46.059><c> of</c><00:16:46.340><c> time.</c>

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The<00:16:47.500><c> last</c><00:16:47.919><c> circle,</c><00:16:48.299><c> which</c><00:16:48.500><c> is</c><00:16:48.700><c> the</c><00:16:48.860><c> Kingdom,</c><00:16:49.559><c> has</c><00:16:49.720><c> got</c><00:16:49.840><c> a</c><00:16:49.940><c> little</c><00:16:50.120><c> blip</c>

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on<00:16:50.440><c> the</c><00:16:50.580><c> end.</c>

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That<00:16:50.960><c> little</c><00:16:51.240><c> blip</c><00:16:51.399><c> on</c><00:16:51.539><c> the</c><00:16:51.740><c> end</c><00:16:52.340><c> is</c><00:16:52.500><c> a</c><00:16:52.600><c> little</c><00:16:52.799><c> bump</c><00:16:52.940><c> on</c><00:16:53.100><c> the</c>

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end<00:16:53.299><c> of</c><00:16:53.419><c> the</c><00:16:53.539><c> circle</c><00:16:53.759><c> because</c><00:16:54.059><c> it</c><00:16:54.240><c> says,</c><00:16:54.460><c> doesn't</c><00:16:54.620><c> it,</c><00:16:54.759><c> in</c><00:16:54.860><c> Revelation</c><00:16:55.200><c> 20,</c>

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that<00:16:55.700><c> there's</c><00:16:55.899><c> a</c><00:16:56.019><c> little</c><00:16:56.279><c> season</c><00:16:56.559><c> at</c><00:16:56.759><c> the</c><00:16:56.960><c> time,</c><00:16:57.580><c> the</c><00:16:57.659><c> end</c><00:16:57.779><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:58.000><c> thousand</c><00:16:58.279><c> years,</c><00:16:58.840><c> the</c><00:16:59.000><c> little</c><00:16:59.259><c> season</c><00:16:59.500><c> at</c><00:16:59.700><c> the</c><00:16:59.820><c> end</c><00:16:59.960><c> when</c>

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Satan<00:17:00.539><c> is</c><00:17:01.139><c> unloosed.</c>

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Brother<00:17:03.259><c> Thomas</c><00:17:03.559><c> calls</c><00:17:03.879><c> that</c><00:17:04.119><c> little</c><00:17:04.400><c> blip</c><00:17:04.599><c> a</c><00:17:04.920><c> crescentical</c><00:17:05.539><c> prefix.</c>

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By<00:17:08.200><c> the</c><00:17:08.299><c> way,</c><00:17:08.339><c> that's</c><00:17:08.559><c> actually</c><00:17:08.960><c> quite</c><00:17:09.140><c> a</c><00:17:09.279><c> good</c><00:17:09.460><c> description</c>

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for<00:17:10.180><c> a</c><00:17:10.319><c> blip</c><00:17:10.500><c> on</c><00:17:10.660><c> a</c><00:17:11.160><c> circle.</c>

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It's<00:17:12.559><c> a</c><00:17:12.880><c> crescentical,</c><00:17:13.759><c> because</c><00:17:14.299><c> that's</c><00:17:14.640><c> that</c><00:17:14.880><c> shape,</c><00:17:15.900><c> prefix,</c><00:17:16.640><c> meaning</c><00:17:17.759><c> an</c><00:17:18.559><c> addition</c><00:17:18.920><c> to</c>

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the<00:17:19.299><c> circle.</c>

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We<00:17:20.220><c> probably</c><00:17:20.460><c> wouldn't</c><00:17:20.619><c> have</c><00:17:20.779><c> called</c><00:17:20.960><c> it</c><00:17:21.099><c> that.</c>

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We<00:17:21.559><c> would</c><00:17:21.759><c> have</c><00:17:21.819><c> called</c><00:17:21.920><c> it</c><00:17:22.140><c> a</c><00:17:22.259><c> bump</c><00:17:22.319><c> on</c><00:17:22.500><c> a</c><00:17:22.660><c> circle.</c>

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He<00:17:23.039><c> called</c><00:17:23.200><c> it</c><00:17:23.339><c> a</c><00:17:23.460><c> crescentical</c><00:17:23.960><c> prefix.</c>

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But<00:17:25.079><c> I</c><00:17:25.279><c> quite</c><00:17:25.460><c> like</c><00:17:25.680><c> that.</c><00:17:25.880><c> I've</c><00:17:25.940><c> always</c><00:17:26.079><c> remembered</c><00:17:26.400><c> that.</c>

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I<00:17:26.619><c> was</c><00:17:26.720><c> impressed</c><00:17:26.940><c> with</c><00:17:27.099><c> that</c><00:17:27.180><c> when</c><00:17:27.299><c> I</c><00:17:27.400><c> read</c><00:17:27.480><c> it</c><00:17:27.619><c> as</c><00:17:27.759><c> a</c><00:17:27.859><c> boy.</c>

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I<00:17:28.660><c> looked</c><00:17:28.859><c> it</c><00:17:29.039><c> up</c><00:17:29.200><c> and</c><00:17:29.200><c> thought,</c><00:17:29.380><c> what</c><00:17:29.599><c> on</c><00:17:29.839><c> earth's</c><00:17:30.019><c> that?</c>

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Oh,<00:17:31.019><c> that's</c><00:17:31.259><c> the</c><00:17:31.440><c> bump</c><00:17:31.559><c> on</c><00:17:31.740><c> the</c><00:17:32.000><c> circle.</c>

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Ever<00:17:34.279><c> since</c><00:17:34.480><c> I</c><00:17:34.640><c> always</c><00:17:34.920><c> talk</c><00:17:35.079><c> about</c><00:17:35.359><c> crescentical</c><00:17:36.079><c> prefixes.</c>

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So<00:17:38.579><c> the</c><00:17:38.900><c> point</c><00:17:39.119><c> that</c><00:17:39.299><c> I'm</c><00:17:39.460><c> making</c><00:17:39.700><c> is,</c><00:17:40.119><c> in</c><00:17:40.319><c> all</c><00:17:40.640><c> seriousness,</c>

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and<00:17:41.500><c> this</c><00:17:42.119><c> is</c><00:17:42.279><c> such</c><00:17:42.500><c> a</c><00:17:42.759><c> serious</c><00:17:42.960><c> point,</c>

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if<00:17:45.039><c> ideas</c><00:17:45.480><c> are</c><00:17:45.960><c> conveyed</c><00:17:46.359><c> by</c><00:17:46.700><c> language,</c><00:17:47.400><c> the</c><00:17:47.599><c> better</c><00:17:47.880><c> your</c>

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language,<00:17:49.039><c> the</c><00:17:49.220><c> deeper</c><00:17:49.500><c> your</c><00:17:49.839><c> ideas.</c>

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Just<00:17:50.640><c> think</c><00:17:50.900><c> of</c><00:17:51.079><c> that.</c>

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So,<00:17:54.299><c> imagine</c><00:17:54.619><c> we</c><00:17:54.819><c> live</c><00:17:54.920><c> in</c><00:17:55.059><c> the</c><00:17:55.200><c> following</c><00:17:55.420><c> world.</c>

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Whoosh,<00:17:59.079><c> whoosh,</c><00:17:59.960><c> t</c><00:18:00.299><c>-t</c><00:18:00.299><c>-t</c><00:18:00.660><c>-t</c><00:18:00.920><c>-t</c><00:18:01.180><c>-t</c><00:18:01.220><c>-t</c><00:18:01.359><c>-t</c><00:18:01.359><c>-t</c><00:18:01.359><c>-t</c><00:18:01.440><c>-t</c><00:18:01.700><c>-t</c><00:18:01.700><c>-t</c><00:18:01.779><c>-t</c><00:18:01.859><c>-t</c><00:18:01.960><c>-t</c><00:18:02.019><c>-t</c><00:18:02.039><c>-t</c><00:18:02.039><c>-t</c>

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-t<00:18:02.059><c>-t</c><00:18:02.400><c>-t</c><00:18:03.079><c>-t</c><00:18:03.160><c>-t</c><00:18:03.160><c>-t</c><00:18:03.160><c>-t</c><00:18:03.160><c>-t</c><00:18:03.160><c>-t</c><00:18:03.160><c>-t</c><00:18:03.160><c>-t</c><00:18:03.160><c>-t.</c>

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How<00:18:03.680><c> are</c><00:18:04.759><c> you</c><00:18:05.819><c> today?</c>

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I<00:18:09.160><c> am</c><00:18:09.839><c> well.</c>

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We<00:18:12.480><c> are</c><00:18:12.519><c> developing</c><00:18:13.079><c> a</c><00:18:14.039><c> Pidgin</c><00:18:14.400><c> English</c><00:18:14.859><c> community.</c>

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I<00:18:18.880><c> know</c><00:18:19.140><c> that</c><00:18:19.339><c> there</c><00:18:19.420><c> were</c><00:18:19.839><c> brethren</c><00:18:20.079><c> years</c><00:18:20.539><c> ago</c><00:18:20.759><c> that</c><00:18:20.940><c> said,</c>

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look,<00:18:21.160><c> we</c><00:18:21.339><c> struggle</c><00:18:21.619><c> a</c><00:18:21.700><c> bit</c><00:18:21.819><c> with</c><00:18:22.019><c> Eureka,</c>

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but<00:18:25.160><c> now</c><00:18:25.400><c> people</c><00:18:25.599><c> are</c><00:18:25.740><c> saying,</c><00:18:25.880><c> we</c><00:18:26.220><c> can't</c><00:18:26.519><c> read</c><00:18:26.720><c> Christendom</c><00:18:27.140><c> Estrae.</c>

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Christendom<00:18:29.859><c> Estrae</c><00:18:30.180><c> was</c><00:18:30.400><c> written</c><00:18:30.819><c> by</c><00:18:31.079><c> Brother</c><00:18:31.259><c> Robert</c><00:18:31.519><c> Roberts</c><00:18:31.880><c> for</c>

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someone<00:18:32.880><c> who</c><00:18:33.460><c> knew</c><00:18:33.579><c> nothing</c>

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about<00:18:34.099><c> the</c><00:18:34.359><c> truth</c><00:18:34.680><c> to</c><00:18:35.180><c> start</c><00:18:35.400><c> them</c><00:18:35.559><c> off,</c><00:18:36.700><c> and</c><00:18:37.119><c> you've</c><00:18:37.259><c> got</c><00:18:37.359><c> young</c><00:18:37.539><c> people</c><00:18:37.759><c> say,</c><00:18:38.180><c> I</c>

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can't<00:18:38.700><c> read</c><00:18:38.839><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:18:39.400><c> too</c><00:18:39.759><c> hard.</c>

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Well,<00:18:40.859><c> guess</c><00:18:41.160><c> why</c><00:18:41.400><c> it's</c><00:18:41.579><c> too</c><00:18:41.900><c> hard?</c>

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Because<00:18:43.420><c> your</c><00:18:43.640><c> language</c><00:18:44.200><c> is</c><00:18:44.579><c> pathetic.</c>

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Your<00:18:46.579><c> vocabulary</c><00:18:47.299><c> is</c><00:18:47.740><c> useless</c><00:18:48.259><c> because</c><00:18:49.779><c> you've</c><00:18:50.000><c> had</c><00:18:50.119><c> far</c><00:18:50.440><c> too</c>

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much<00:18:50.940><c> text</c><00:18:51.299><c> messaging</c>

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and<00:18:52.059><c> not</c><00:18:52.279><c> enough</c><00:18:52.500><c> pioneer</c><00:18:52.920><c> writings.</c>

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Go<00:18:54.460><c> start</c><00:18:54.940><c> reading.</c>

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Get<00:18:55.799><c> your</c><00:18:56.059><c> dictionary</c><00:18:56.339><c> out</c><00:18:56.680><c> and</c><00:18:56.960><c> start</c><00:18:57.220><c> learning.</c>

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Add<00:18:58.059><c> some</c><00:18:58.380><c> words</c><00:18:58.759><c> to</c><00:18:59.000><c> your</c><00:18:59.259><c> vocabulary.</c>

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Remember<00:19:00.299><c> what</c><00:19:00.460><c> I</c><00:19:00.599><c> said</c><00:19:00.740><c> before?</c>

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One<00:19:01.539><c> of</c><00:19:01.619><c> the</c><00:19:01.880><c> marvelous</c><00:19:02.259><c> things</c><00:19:02.559><c> about</c><00:19:02.799><c> the</c><00:19:02.980><c> English</c><00:19:03.200><c> language</c><00:19:03.700><c> is</c><00:19:04.019><c> this</c>

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enormous<00:19:04.859><c> range</c><00:19:05.200><c> of</c><00:19:05.480><c> words</c>

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so<00:19:06.160><c> that</c><00:19:06.279><c> we</c><00:19:06.339><c> can</c><00:19:06.519><c> do</c><00:19:06.819><c> shadings</c><00:19:07.240><c> and</c><00:19:07.460><c> colors</c><00:19:07.799><c> and</c><00:19:08.099><c> tones</c><00:19:08.460><c> and</c><00:19:08.779><c> subtleties.</c>

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Well,<00:19:09.759><c> go</c><00:19:10.099><c> learn</c><00:19:10.500><c> them.</c>

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And<00:19:13.599><c> as</c><00:19:13.839><c> you</c><00:19:14.059><c> do,</c><00:19:15.279><c> your</c><00:19:15.420><c> ability</c><00:19:15.759><c> to</c><00:19:16.160><c> grasp</c><00:19:16.660><c> ideas,</c><00:19:19.000><c> to</c><00:19:19.140><c> rejoice</c><00:19:19.779><c> in</c><00:19:20.180><c> ideas</c><00:19:20.779><c> and</c>

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to<00:19:22.579><c> explain</c><00:19:23.039><c> them</c>

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to<00:19:23.640><c> others</c><00:19:24.160><c> will</c><00:19:25.140><c> be</c><00:19:25.579><c> powerfully</c><00:19:26.200><c> enhanced.</c>

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And<00:19:28.160><c> the</c><00:19:28.339><c> pioneer</c><00:19:28.579><c> writings</c><00:19:29.099><c> will</c><00:19:29.559><c> be</c><00:19:29.700><c> of</c><00:19:29.839><c> enormous</c><00:19:30.380><c> benefit</c>

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to<00:19:31.019><c> you</c><00:19:31.619><c> because</c><00:19:31.779><c> it</c><00:19:31.920><c> will</c><00:19:32.099><c> basically</c>

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up<00:19:32.940><c> you</c><00:19:33.119><c> a</c><00:19:33.240><c> notch,</c><00:19:34.000><c> kicking</c><00:19:34.079><c> and</c><00:19:34.539><c> screaming</c><00:19:34.819><c> up</c><00:19:35.019><c> to</c><00:19:35.200><c> another</c>

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level<00:19:35.759><c> of</c><00:19:36.059><c> language</c><00:19:36.400><c> that</c><00:19:36.579><c> you</c><00:19:36.740><c> might</c><00:19:36.900><c> not</c><00:19:37.059><c> be</c>

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used<00:19:37.359><c> to,</c><00:19:38.559><c> but</c><00:19:38.779><c> will</c><00:19:38.980><c> pay</c><00:19:39.200><c> huge</c><00:19:39.579><c> dividends</c><00:19:40.140><c> in</c><00:19:41.380><c> terms</c><00:19:41.460><c> of</c><00:19:41.579><c> your</c>

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So<00:19:44.920><c> I</c><00:19:45.099><c> count</c><00:19:45.279><c> that</c><00:19:45.480><c> as</c><00:19:45.660><c> a</c><00:19:45.779><c> value.</c>

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And<00:19:48.519><c> the</c><00:19:48.640><c> last</c><00:19:48.859><c> thing</c><00:19:49.059><c> is</c><00:19:50.099><c> they</c><00:19:50.539><c> encourage</c><00:19:51.000><c> growth</c><00:19:51.380><c> in</c><00:19:51.700><c> knowledge</c><00:19:52.140><c> through</c><00:19:52.660><c> the</c><00:19:52.859><c> wisdom</c>

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Remember<00:19:55.380><c> what</c><00:19:55.539><c> we</c><00:19:55.740><c> said</c><00:19:55.880><c> about</c><00:19:56.220><c> building</c><00:19:56.559><c> a</c><00:19:56.759><c> library</c><00:19:57.039><c> before?</c>

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We<00:19:58.259><c> build</c><00:19:58.500><c> a</c><00:19:58.599><c> library</c><00:19:58.900><c> and</c><00:19:59.180><c> we</c><00:19:59.420><c> quite</c><00:19:59.759><c> unashamedly</c><00:20:00.680><c> and</c><00:20:01.099><c> openly</c><00:20:01.579><c> read</c>

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and<00:20:04.140><c> then</c><00:20:04.380><c> make</c><00:20:04.700><c> those</c><00:20:05.059><c> ideas</c><00:20:05.480><c> our</c><00:20:05.819><c> own</c><00:20:06.039><c> by</c><00:20:06.319><c> our</c><00:20:06.579><c> own</c><00:20:06.940><c> due</c><00:20:07.119><c> diligence,</c><00:20:07.619><c> by</c>

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our<00:20:08.099><c> own</c><00:20:08.299><c> biblical</c><00:20:08.680><c> research.</c>

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And<00:20:09.859><c> now</c><00:20:10.000><c> it's</c><00:20:10.319><c> our</c><00:20:10.519><c> idea</c><00:20:10.900><c> as</c><00:20:11.180><c> well</c><00:20:11.339><c> as</c><00:20:11.480><c> that</c><00:20:11.759><c> person's.</c>

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And<00:20:12.940><c> the</c><00:20:13.220><c> pioneer</c><00:20:13.500><c> writings</c><00:20:13.880><c> will</c><00:20:14.160><c> give</c><00:20:14.279><c> you</c><00:20:14.599><c> enormous</c><00:20:15.039><c> help</c>

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My<00:20:18.500><c> personal</c><00:20:19.039><c> view</c><00:20:19.299><c> is</c><00:20:19.700><c> that</c><00:20:20.140><c> if</c><00:20:20.299><c> a</c><00:20:20.460><c> young</c><00:20:20.660><c> brother</c><00:20:20.880><c> sat</c><00:20:21.140><c> down</c>

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and<00:20:21.660><c> said,</c><00:20:21.980><c> I</c><00:20:21.980><c> will</c><00:20:22.240><c> simply</c><00:20:22.579><c> read</c><00:20:23.000><c> what</c>

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Brother<00:20:23.700><c> Thomas</c><00:20:24.079><c> and</c><00:20:24.400><c> Brother</c><00:20:24.660><c> Roberts</c><00:20:25.000><c> wrote,</c><00:20:25.700><c> and</c><00:20:25.980><c> by</c><00:20:26.160><c> the</c>

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way,<00:20:26.359><c> I'm</c><00:20:26.539><c> not</c><00:20:26.799><c> recommending</c><00:20:27.220><c> that,</c>

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thoroughly<00:20:30.839><c> what</c><00:20:31.119><c> Brother</c><00:20:31.359><c> Thomas</c>

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and<00:20:31.880><c> Brother</c><00:20:32.059><c> Roberts</c><00:20:32.359><c> wrote</c><00:20:32.599><c> and</c><00:20:32.819><c> had</c><00:20:33.160><c> nothing</c><00:20:33.519><c> else</c><00:20:33.779><c> on</c><00:20:33.940><c> their</c><00:20:34.140><c> bookshelf,</c><00:20:34.900><c> I'll</c><00:20:35.079><c> tell</c><00:20:35.180><c> you</c><00:20:35.339><c> now</c>

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they'll<00:20:36.099><c> be</c><00:20:36.420><c> streets</c><00:20:36.799><c> ahead</c><00:20:37.200><c> of</c><00:20:37.599><c> 99</c><00:20:37.980><c> percent</c><00:20:38.500><c> of</c><00:20:38.700><c> most</c><00:20:38.940><c> other</c>

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people<00:20:39.420><c> in</c><00:20:39.539><c> the</c><00:20:39.660><c> Ecclesiastes,</c><00:20:41.339><c> streets</c>

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ahead.<00:20:43.460><c> Now,</c><00:20:43.859><c> I'm</c><00:20:43.940><c> not</c><00:20:44.160><c> recommending</c><00:20:44.559><c> that</c><00:20:44.740><c> you</c><00:20:44.839><c> do</c><00:20:45.000><c> that</c><00:20:45.119><c> because</c><00:20:45.259><c> I</c>

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think<00:20:45.500><c> there's</c><00:20:45.720><c> many</c><00:20:46.000><c> other</c>

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tremendously<00:20:47.319><c> valuable</c><00:20:47.880><c> and</c><00:20:48.279><c> helpful</c><00:20:48.599><c> books</c><00:20:49.119><c> within</c><00:20:49.440><c> the</c><00:20:49.680><c> library</c><00:20:50.019><c> of</c><00:20:50.259><c> Christadelfia.</c>

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So<00:20:51.619><c> maybe</c><00:20:51.839><c> we</c><00:20:52.000><c> should</c><00:20:52.200><c> expand</c><00:20:52.640><c> this</c><00:20:52.859><c> to</c><00:20:53.039><c> say</c><00:20:53.180><c> not</c><00:20:53.380><c> just</c><00:20:53.599><c> the</c><00:20:53.759><c> benefit</c><00:20:53.960><c> of</c>

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we<00:21:05.859><c> should</c><00:21:05.980><c> have</c><00:21:06.140><c> them</c>

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Who<00:21:13.859><c> was</c><00:21:14.059><c> it</c><00:21:14.180><c> that</c><00:21:14.319><c> read</c><00:21:14.519><c> Albus</c><00:21:14.859><c> Israel</c><00:21:15.099><c> once</c><00:21:15.440><c> a</c><00:21:15.680><c> year</c><00:21:15.940><c> just</c><00:21:16.299><c> to</c>

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make<00:21:16.619><c> sure</c><00:21:16.779><c> he</c><00:21:16.920><c> was</c><00:21:17.099><c> refreshed?</c>

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You<00:21:19.380><c> know,</c><00:21:21.839><c> Brother</c><00:21:22.039><c> John</c><00:21:22.380><c> Carter.</c>

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He<00:21:24.019><c> read</c><00:21:24.099><c> Albus</c><00:21:24.380><c> Israel</c><00:21:24.579><c> once</c><00:21:24.880><c> a</c><00:21:25.039><c> year,</c><00:21:25.700><c> amongst</c><00:21:25.779><c> everything</c>

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he<00:21:27.200><c> was</c><00:21:27.339><c> only</c><00:21:27.519><c> the</c><00:21:27.660><c> editor</c><00:21:27.759><c> of</c><00:21:27.920><c> the</c><00:21:28.000><c> Christadelfian,</c><00:21:28.460><c> didn't</c>

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on<00:21:34.900><c> task,</c><00:21:36.160><c> staying</c><00:21:36.440><c> focused,</c><00:21:37.940><c> reminding</c><00:21:38.200><c> himself</c><00:21:38.559><c> of</c><00:21:38.740><c> the</c><00:21:38.900><c> basics.</c>

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thankful<00:21:48.960><c> for</c><00:21:49.180><c> it</c><00:21:49.640><c> and</c>

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use<00:21:50.160><c> it</c><00:21:50.339><c> to</c><00:21:50.440><c> the</c><00:21:50.599><c> full.</c><00:21:51.160><c> And</c><00:21:51.279><c> that</c><00:21:51.460><c> really</c><00:21:51.740><c> is</c><00:21:51.980><c> the</c><00:21:52.140><c> close</c><00:21:52.299><c> of</c>

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consideration<00:21:56.779><c> of</c><00:21:57.059><c> a</c><00:21:57.200><c> subject</c><00:21:57.579><c> and</c>

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show<00:21:58.380><c> how</c><00:21:58.500><c> this</c><00:21:58.859><c> whole</c><00:21:59.220><c> study</c><00:21:59.460><c> was</c><00:21:59.740><c> triggered</c><00:22:00.259><c> by</c><00:22:00.920><c> a</c><00:22:01.099><c> passage</c>

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out<00:22:02.200><c> of</c><00:22:02.319><c> a</c><00:22:02.420><c> book</c><00:22:02.700><c> by</c><00:22:03.299><c> Brother</c><00:22:03.500><c> Thomas.</c>