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"Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly des..." — Leonard Cohen
Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true.
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