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“Though your beginning was insignificant,
Yet your end will greatly increase.


“Inquire, please, of past generations,
And consider and apply yourself to the things searched out by their fathers.

“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,
Because our days on earth are [like] a shadow [just a breath or a vapor].

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Your beginnings will seem humble,
    so prosperous(A) will your future be.(B)

“Ask the former generation(C)
    and find out what their ancestors learned,
for we were born only yesterday and know nothing,(D)
    and our days on earth are but a shadow.(E)

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