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From this, without doubt, sprang the fable. Man created it thus, because it was not given him to see more than himself and nature, which surrounds him; but he created it true with a truth all its own.
Alfred de Vigny
Because
Created
Doubt
Fable
Given
He
Him
Himself
Man
More
Nature
Own
See
Surrounds
Than
Thus
True
Truth
Which
Without
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