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 I die,--but first I have possess'd,
 And come what may, I have been bless'd.  
 I die,--but first I have possess'd,
 And come what may, I have been bless'd. 
 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have 
abundance: but from him that hath read more 
 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have 
abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even 
that which he hath. 
 Cleon hath ten thousand acres,--
 Ne'er a one have I;
  Cleon dwelleth in a place,--
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 Cleon hath ten thousand acres,--
 Ne'er a one have I;
  Cleon dwelleth in a place,--
   In a cottage I. 
 The proud daughter of that monarch to whom when it grows 
[elsewhere] the sun never sets.
 [Lat., Altera read more 
 The proud daughter of that monarch to whom when it grows 
[elsewhere] the sun never sets.
 [Lat., Altera figlia
  Di quel monarea a cui
   Ne anco, quando annotta, il Sol tramonta.] 
 What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.
 [Lat., Male parta, male dilabuntur.]  
 What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.
 [Lat., Male parta, male dilabuntur.] 
How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to read more
How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to become - to be at last, and to die in the fullness of his being.
 Exclusive property is a theft against nature.
 [Fr., La propriete exclusive est un vol dans la nature.]  
 Exclusive property is a theft against nature.
 [Fr., La propriete exclusive est un vol dans la nature.] 
 It may be said of them [the Hollanders], as of the Spaniards, 
that the sun never sets upon their read more 
 It may be said of them [the Hollanders], as of the Spaniards, 
that the sun never sets upon their Dominions. 
 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is 
thine eye evil, because read more 
 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is 
thine eye evil, because I am good?