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Suppose, now, the voice of a body begins to sound, and does sound, an"}, {"id": "card_n_a5b9a29d7cf1", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_12_015: These things considered, as much as Thou givest, O my God, as much as Thou st...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "These things considered, as much as Thou givest, O my God, as much as Thou stirrest me up to knock, and as much as Thou openest to me knocking, two things I find that Thou hast made, not within the co"}, {"id": "card_n_4377a969b396", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_10_010: Is not this corporeal figure apparent to all whose senses are perfect?", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Is not this corporeal figure apparent to all whose senses are perfect? why then speaks it not the same to all? 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