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maxim[8][13] = "A man should not ask tribulations of God, presuming on his being able to bear them: there should be the greatest possible caution in this matter, for he who bears what God sends him daily does not do a small thing.";
maxim[8][13] = "A man should not ask tribulations of God, presuming on his being able to bear them: there should be the greatest possible caution in this matter, for he who bears what God sends him daily does not do a small thing.";
maxim[8][14] = "Those who have been exercised in the service of God for a long time may in their prayers imagine all sorts of insults offered to them, such as blows, wounds, and the like, and so in order to imitate Christ by their charity, may accustom their hearts beforehand to forgive real injuries when they come.";
maxim[8][14] = "Those who have been exercised in the service of God for a long time may in their prayers imagine all sorts of insults offered to them, such as blows, wounds, and the like, and so in order to imitate Christ by their charity, may accustom their hearts beforehand to forgive real injuries when they come.";
maxim[8][15] = "Let us think of Mary, for she is that unspeakable virgin, that glorious lady, who conceived and brought forth, without detriment to her virginity, Him whom the width of the heavens cannot contain within itself.";
maxim[8][15] = "Let us think of Mary, for she is that unspeakable virgin, that glorious lady, who conceived and brought forth, without detriment to her virginity, Him whom the width of the heavens cannot contain.";
maxim[8][16] = "The true servant of God acknowledges no other country but heaven.";
maxim[8][16] = "The true servant of God acknowledges no other country but heaven.";
maxim[8][17] = "When God infuses extraordinary sweetnesses into the soul, a man ought to prepare for some serious tribulation or temptation.";
maxim[8][17] = "When God infuses extraordinary sweetnesses into the soul, a man ought to prepare for some serious tribulation or temptation.";

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