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Were the children straying westward so long? so wide the tramping?Were the precedent dim ages debouching westward from Paradise so long?
Were the centuries steadily footing it that way, all the while unknown, for you, for reasons?
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They are justified—they are accomplish'd—they shall now be turn'd the other way also, to travel toward you thence;They shall now also march obediently eastward, for your sake, Libertad.
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