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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Sanitary and Social Lectures by Charles Kingsley: brought a great river from the depths of the earth, be they a
thousand fathoms deep, or from your nearest mountains, be they
five hundred miles away; and have washed out London's dirt--and
your own shame. Till then, abstain from judging too harshly a
Constantine, or even a Caracalla; for they, whatever were their
sins, built baths, and kept their people clean. But do your
gymnasia--your schools and universities, teach your youth naught
about all this?"
THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE
The more I have contemplated that ancient story of the Fall, the
more it has seemed to me within the range of probability, and even
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