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[praesten] fuer und fuer geschwaecht; so dass es noch aerger wird; denn die Kraft der Suende un des Gebrechens [praesten] in uns ist so maechtig, dass weder die Vernunft dem, was sie erkannt, nachkommen, noch der Verstand das goettliche Fuenklein pflanzen und weiterbringen kann. [115] vocant, genus totum humanum sic pervasit, ut nulla ope irae filius, inimicusque Dei nisi divina per Christum curari potuerit.
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The crown prince assumed a grave air, and, after bowing to his parents in the reverential manner of a royal steward, he preceded them with ludicrous strides, and commenced singing in a ringing voice: "_Immer langsam voran, dass die oesterreichsche landwehr nachkommen kann_." [
Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia F. [Translator] Jordan
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