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Are There Not, Dear Michal, Two Points In The Adventure Of The Diver,-- One, When A Beggar He Prepares To Plunge
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Are there not, dear Michal,
Two points in the adventure of the diver,--
One, when a beggar he prepares to plunge;
One, when a prince he rises with his pearl?
Festus, I plunge.
-- Robert Browning (1812-1890)
-- Paracelsus, Part i
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