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Poland: Her Glory, Her Sufferings, Her Overthrow [Lectures. Transl. ] Kalixt Wolski No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 119 - be false, it will disappear on account of its very falsity, and we shall hear no more of it; but if it be true, it will endure from generation to generation.