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Beginners.

Part of the cluster INSCRIPTIONS.

BEGINNERS.

HOW they are provided for upon the earth, (appearing at inter- 
 vals,) How dear and dreadful they are to the earth, How they inure to themselves as much as to any—what a paradox  
 appears their age, How people respond to them, yet know them not, How there is something relentless in their fate all times, How all times mischoose the objects of their adulation and re- 
 ward, And how the same inexorable price must still be paid for the same  
 great purchase.

Part of the cluster INSCRIPTIONS.

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