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  "text": "There are twin Gates of Sleep.\n\nOne, they say, is called the Gate of Horn\n\nand it offers easy passage to all true shades.\n\nThe other glistens with ivory, radiant, flawless,\n\nbut through it the dead send false dreams up toward the sky.",
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    "text": "Sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera fertur\n\nCornea, qua veris facilis datur exitus umbris,\n\nAltera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto,\n\nSed falsa ad caelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
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