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And this doth show how a man may act foolishly, even when he doth believe that he hath a great caution; and surely it is borne in upon me afresh that none should trust over freely unto unproven matters, the which shall you heartily agree with; but yet do as foolishly, according to your lights and characters. And so shall you laugh not over hardly upon me.

— William Hope Hodgson The Night Land (1912)

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And, as doth be human, I brake my rule straightway in the beginning.

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