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1  Because triumphant health in the general rout of constitutions is a kind of power in itself.
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2  'By the simple exercise of our will we can exert a power for good practically unbounded,' &c.
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3  The thing was to know what he belonged to, how many powers of darkness claimed him for their own.
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4  The essentials of this affair lay deep under the surface, beyond my reach, and beyond my power of meddling.
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5  They were big powerful men, with not much capacity to weigh the consequences, with courage, with strength, even yet, though their skins were no longer glossy and their muscles no longer hard.
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6  But both the diabolic love and the unearthly hate of the mysteries it had penetrated fought for the possession of that soul satiated with primitive emotions, avid of lying fame, of sham distinction, of all the appearances of success and power.
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7  He had the power to charm or frighten rudimentary souls into an aggravated witch-dance in his honor; he could also fill the small souls of the pilgrims with bitter misgivings: he had one devoted friend at least, and he had conquered one soul in the world that was neither rudimentary nor tainted with self-seeking.
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