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...strongest will left to resist, or to endure. He was baffled, not confounded. He stood like a tower ; or " As when Heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines." He is still surrounded with hosts of rebel angels, armed warriors, who own him as their sovereign leader,...

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