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Peter Abelard Quotes: The men who abandon themselves to the passions of this miserable life, are compared in Scripture to beasts.
         

The men who abandon themselves to the passions of this miserable life, are compared in Scripture to beasts.


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The men who abandon themselves to the passions of this miserable life, are compared in Scripture to beasts.
         



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