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" Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected. "
Sophocles
Go
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You
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" Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain? "
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" If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: 'Thou shalt not ration justice.' "
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Point
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Man
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Present
Some
Bring
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Become
Cure
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Against
Even
Necessity
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Light
Done
Bright
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Treaty
Impediment
Ever
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Laughter
You
Say
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Past
Young
Arts
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Man
Belongs
State
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Second Place
Place