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thy<00:23:42.700><c> love</c><00:23:43.160><c> which</c><00:23:43.400><c> thou</c><00:23:43.599><c> hast</c><00:23:43.859><c> sent</c><00:23:44.259><c> toward</c><00:23:44.579><c> us</c><00:23:45.440><c> to</c><00:23:45.880><c> show</c><00:23:46.079><c> us</c><00:23:46.619><c> a</c>

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remedy<00:24:08.559><c> for</c><00:24:08.819><c> what</c><00:24:09.019><c> ails</c><00:24:09.240><c> us.</c>

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that<00:25:32.220><c> we</c><00:25:32.500><c> continue</c><00:25:33.160><c> to</c><00:25:33.440><c> discover</c><00:25:33.779><c> for</c><00:25:34.099><c> ourselves</c><00:25:34.539><c> that</c><00:25:34.960><c> it</c><00:25:35.339><c> profiteth,</c><00:25:36.660><c> it</c>

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to<00:25:38.880><c> all</c><00:25:39.200><c> things,</c><00:25:40.579><c> to</c><00:25:40.680><c> mature</c><00:25:41.200><c> in</c><00:25:41.400><c> this</c><00:25:41.640><c> love,</c><00:25:42.900><c> the</c><00:25:43.119><c> principal</c>

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bond<00:25:44.000><c> that</c><00:25:44.299><c> holds</c><00:25:44.519><c> us</c><00:25:44.839><c> together.</c>