           ,*APT] ,,XXXIV
      ,,PY?AGORAS1 ,,EGYPTIAN
        ,,DEITIES1 ,,ORACLES
    ,,PY?AGORAS
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RESPECT+ ! NATURE (! HUMAN S\L1 7 9
3=M;Y )! DOCTR9ES (! ,PY?AGOR1NS4
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,SAMOS1 B PASS$ ! *IEF POR;N ( 8
LIFE AT ,CROTONA 9 ,ITALY4 ,HE IS
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"Y HE TRAVELL$ EXT5SIVELY1 & X IS SD
VISIT$ ,EGYPT1 ": HE 0 9/RUCT$ 0!
PRIE/S 9 ALL _! LE>N+1 & AFWS
J\RNEY$ 6! ,EA/1 & VISIT$ ! ,P]SIAN
& ,*ALD1N ,MAGI1 &! ,BRAHM9S (
,9DIA4
  ,AT ,CROTONA1 ": HE F9,Y E/ABLI%$
HMF1 8 EXTRAORD9>Y QUALITIES
COLLECT$ R.D HM A GRT NUMB] (
4CIPLES4 ,! 9HABITANTS 7 NOTORI\S =
LUXURY & LIC5TI\S;S1 B ! GD E6ECTS (

8 9FLU;E 7 SOON VISI#4 ,SOBRIETY &
TEMP].E SU3E$$4 ,SIX HUNDR$ (!
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7 REQUIR$ 6PRACTISE ! GRTE/ PUR;Y &
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6NUMB]S Z _! BASIS & ESS;E4 ,!
8,MONAD0 OR UNIT HE REG>D$ Z ! S\RCE
( ALL NUMB]S4 ,! NUMB] ,TWO 0

IMP]FECT1 &! CAUSE ( 9CR1SE &
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AC;NS1 0 ! *IEF CAUSE :Y !
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