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“𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘒𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘳. 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢, 𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭, 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘨𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘪𝘳, 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢.”
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“𝘛𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘪𝘳, 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺, 𝘢 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦’𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴
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𝘈 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯’𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘣𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘱, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘈𝘨𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺.
𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴, “𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘦 … 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨.”
𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘴, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺.𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯𝘦’𝘴 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘪𝘳, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘵, 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳.”
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