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  "text": "So come, dear father, climb up onto my shoulders!\n\nI will carry you on my back. This labor of love\n\nwill never wear me down. Whatever falls to us now,\n\nwe both will share one peril, one path to safety.\n\nLittle Iulus, walk beside me, and you, my wife,\n\nfollow me at a distance, in my footsteps.",
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