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. 8566 999 7 _ _ NNP 8566 999 8 First First NNP 8566 999 9 Pentad Pentad NNP 8566 999 10 : : : 8566 999 11 Capital Capital NNP 8566 999 12 Offences Offences NNP 8566 999 13 , , , 8566 999 14 xxi xxi NNP 8566 999 15 . . . 8566 1000 1 12 12 CD 8566 1000 2 , , , 8566 1000 3 13,14 13,14 CD 8566 1000 4 , , , 8566 1000 5 15 15 CD 8566 1000 6 , , , 8566 1000 7 16 16 CD 8566 1000 8 . . . 8566 1001 1 Second Second NNP 8566 1001 2 Pentad Pentad NNP 8566 1001 3 : : : 8566 1001 4 Minor Minor NNP 8566 1001 5 Offences Offences NNPS 8566 1001 6 , , , 8566 1001 7 xxi xxi NNP 8566 1001 8 . . . 8566 1002 1 18 18 CD 8566 1002 2 - - SYM 8566 1002 3 19 19 CD 8566 1002 4 , , , 8566 1002 5 20 20 CD 8566 1002 6 , , , 8566 1002 7 21 21 CD 8566 1002 8 , , , 8566 1002 9 26 26 CD 8566 1002 10 , , , 8566 1002 11 27 27 CD 8566 1002 12 . . . 8566 1003 1 _ _ NNP 8566 1003 2 Third Third NNP 8566 1003 3 Decalogue Decalogue NNP 8566 1003 4 : : : 8566 1003 5 Laws law NNS 8566 1003 6 regarding regard VBG 8566 1003 7 Domestic Domestic NNP 8566 1003 8 Animals Animals NNPS 8566 1003 9 . . . 8566 1003 10 _ _ NNP 8566 1003 11 First First NNP 8566 1003 12 Pentad Pentad NNP 8566 1003 13 : : : 8566 1003 14 Injuries injury NNS 8566 1003 15 by by IN 8566 1003 16 Animals Animals NNPS 8566 1003 17 , , , 8566 1003 18 xxi xxi NNP 8566 1003 19 . . . 8566 1004 1 28 28 CD 8566 1004 2 , , , 8566 1004 3 29 29 CD 8566 1004 4 , , , 8566 1004 5 30 30 CD 8566 1004 6 , , , 8566 1004 7 31 31 CD 8566 1004 8 , , , 8566 1004 9 32 32 CD 8566 1004 10 . . . 8566 1005 1 Second Second NNP 8566 1005 2 Pentad Pentad NNP 8566 1005 3 : : : 8566 1005 4 Injuries injury NNS 8566 1005 5 to to IN 8566 1005 6 Animals Animals NNPS 8566 1005 7 , , , 8566 1005 8 xxi xxi NNP 8566 1005 9 . . . 8566 1006 1 33 33 CD 8566 1006 2 - - SYM 8566 1006 3 34 34 CD 8566 1006 4 , , , 8566 1006 5 35 35 CD 8566 1006 6 , , , 8566 1006 7 36 36 CD 8566 1006 8 ; ; : 8566 1006 9 xxii xxii NNP 8566 1006 10 . . . 8566 1007 1 1,4 1,4 ADD 8566 1007 2 . . . 8566 1008 1 _ _ NNP 8566 1008 2 Fourth Fourth NNP 8566 1008 3 Decalogue Decalogue NNP 8566 1008 4 : : : 8566 1008 5 Responsibility responsibility NN 8566 1008 6 for for IN 8566 1008 7 Property Property NNP 8566 1008 8 . . . 8566 1008 9 _ _ NNP 8566 1008 10 First First NNP 8566 1008 11 Pentad Pentad NNP 8566 1008 12 : : : 8566 1008 13 In in IN 8566 1008 14 General General NNP 8566 1008 15 , , , 8566 1008 16 xxii xxii NNP 8566 1008 17 . . . 8566 1009 1 5 5 CD 8566 1009 2 , , , 8566 1009 3 6 6 CD 8566 1009 4 , , , 8566 1009 5 7 7 CD 8566 1009 6 , , , 8566 1009 7 8 8 CD 8566 1009 8 , , , 8566 1009 9 9 9 CD 8566 1009 10 . . . 8566 1010 1 Second Second NNP 8566 1010 2 Pentad Pentad NNP 8566 1010 3 : : : 8566 1010 4 In in IN 8566 1010 5 Cattle Cattle NNS 8566 1010 6 , , , 8566 1010 7 xxii xxii NNP 8566 1010 8 . . . 8566 1011 1 10 10 CD 8566 1011 2 - - SYM 8566 1011 3 11 11 CD 8566 1011 4 , , , 8566 1011 5 13 13 CD 8566 1011 6 , , , 8566 1011 7 14 14 CD 8566 1011 8 , , , 8566 1011 9 l5a l5a NNP 8566 1011 10 , , , 8566 1011 11 I5b i5b NN 8566 1011 12 . . . 8566 1012 1 _ _ NNP 8566 1012 2 Fifth Fifth NNP 8566 1012 3 Decalogue Decalogue NNP 8566 1012 4 : : : 8566 1012 5 Social Social NNP 8566 1012 6 Purity Purity NNP 8566 1012 7 . . . 8566 1012 8 _ _ NNP 8566 1012 9 First First NNP 8566 1012 10 Pentad Pentad NNP 8566 1012 11 : : : 8566 1012 12 Adultery Adultery NNP 8566 1012 13 , , , 8566 1012 14 Deut Deut NNP 8566 1012 15 . . . 8566 1013 1 xxii xxii NNP 8566 1013 2 . . . 8566 1014 1 13 13 CD 8566 1014 2 - - SYM 8566 1014 3 19 19 CD 8566 1014 4 , , , 8566 1014 5 20 20 CD 8566 1014 6 - - SYM 8566 1014 7 21 21 CD 8566 1014 8 , , , 8566 1014 9 22 22 CD 8566 1014 10 , , , 8566 1014 11 23 23 CD 8566 1014 12 - - SYM 8566 1014 13 24 24 CD 8566 1014 14 , , , 8566 1014 15 25 25 CD 8566 1014 16 - - SYM 8566 1014 17 27 27 CD 8566 1014 18 . . . 8566 1015 1 Second Second NNP 8566 1015 2 Pentad Pentad NNP 8566 1015 3 : : : 8566 1015 4 Fornication Fornication NNP 8566 1015 5 and and CC 8566 1015 6 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. . 8566 1903 1 He -PRON- PRP 8566 1903 2 is be VBZ 8566 1903 3 the the DT 8566 1903 4 type type NN 8566 1903 5 of of IN 8566 1903 6 the the DT 8566 1903 7 world world NN 8566 1903 8 's 's POS 8566 1903 9 drifters drifter NNS 8566 1903 10 . . . 8566 1904 1 Since since IN 8566 1904 2 Aram Aram NNP 8566 1904 3 was be VBD 8566 1904 4 far far RB 8566 1904 5 distant distant JJ 8566 1904 6 he -PRON- PRP 8566 1904 7 disregards disregard VBZ 8566 1904 8 the the DT 8566 1904 9 wishes wish NNS 8566 1904 10 of of IN 8566 1904 11 his -PRON- PRP$ 8566 1904 12 parents parent NNS 8566 1904 13 and and CC 8566 1904 14 marries marry VBZ 8566 1904 15 one one CD 8566 1904 16 of of IN 8566 1904 17 the the DT 8566 1904 18 daughters daughter NNS 8566 1904 19 of of IN 8566 1904 20 the the DT 8566 1904 21 land land NN 8566 1904 22 . . . 8566 1905 1 No no DT 8566 1905 2 ambition ambition NN 8566 1905 3 stirred stir VBD 8566 1905 4 him -PRON- PRP 8566 1905 5 and and CC 8566 1905 6 no no DT 8566 1905 7 devotion devotion NN 8566 1905 8 to to IN 8566 1905 9 Jehovah Jehovah NNP 8566 1905 10 or or CC 8566 1905 11 to to IN 8566 1905 12 the the DT 8566 1905 13 ideals ideal NNS 8566 1905 14 of of IN 8566 1905 15 his -PRON- PRP$ 8566 1905 16 race race NN 8566 1905 17 gave give VBD 8566 1905 18 content content NN 8566 1905 19 and and CC 8566 1905 20 direction direction NN 8566 1905 21 to to IN 8566 1905 22 his -PRON- PRP$ 8566 1905 23 life life NN 8566 1905 24 . . . 8566 1906 1 Thus thus RB 8566 1906 2 he -PRON- PRP 8566 1906 3 remained remain VBD 8566 1906 4 a a DT 8566 1906 5 laggard laggard NN 8566 1906 6 , , , 8566 1906 7 and and CC 8566 1906 8 the the DT 8566 1906 9 half half JJ 8566 1906 10 - - HYPH 8566 1906 11 nomadic nomadic JJ 8566 1906 12 , , , 8566 1906 13 robber robber VB 8566 1906 14 people people NNS 8566 1906 15 that that WDT 8566 1906 16 he -PRON- PRP 8566 1906 17 represented represent VBD 8566 1906 18 became become VBD 8566 1906 19 but but CC 8566 1906 20 a a DT 8566 1906 21 stagnant 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does do VBZ 8566 1908 3 a a DT 8566 1908 4 race race NN 8566 1908 5 early early RB 8566 1908 6 in in IN 8566 1908 7 its -PRON- PRP$ 8566 1908 8 history history NN 8566 1908 9 have have VBP 8566 1908 10 a a DT 8566 1908 11 portrait portrait NN 8566 1908 12 of of IN 8566 1908 13 its -PRON- PRP$ 8566 1908 14 weaknesses weakness NNS 8566 1908 15 as as RB 8566 1908 16 well well RB 8566 1908 17 as as IN 8566 1908 18 its -PRON- PRP$ 8566 1908 19 strength strength NN 8566 1908 20 held hold VBD 8566 1908 21 up up RP 8566 1908 22 thus thus RB 8566 1908 23 prominently prominently RB 8566 1908 24 before before IN 8566 1908 25 its -PRON- PRP$ 8566 1908 26 eyes eye NNS 8566 1908 27 . . . 8566 1909 1 Jacob Jacob NNP 8566 1909 2 is be VBZ 8566 1909 3 the the DT 8566 1909 4 antithesis antithesis NN 8566 1909 5 of of IN 8566 1909 6 Esau Esau NNP 8566 1909 7 . . . 8566 1910 1 While while IN 8566 1910 2 his -PRON- PRP$ 8566 1910 3 brother brother NN 8566 1910 4 was be VBD 8566 1910 5 hunting hunt VBG 8566 1910 6 care care NN 8566 1910 7 - - HYPH 8566 1910 8 free free JJ 8566 1910 9 in in IN 8566 1910 10 the the DT 8566 1910 11 fields field NNS 8566 1910 12 , , , 8566 1910 13 he -PRON- PRP 8566 1910 14 was be VBD 8566 1910 15 at at IN 8566 1910 16 home home NN 8566 1910 17 plotting plot VBG 8566 1910 18 how how WRB 8566 1910 19 he -PRON- PRP 8566 1910 20 could could MD 8566 1910 21 farther farther VB 8566 1910 22 his -PRON- PRP$ 8566 1910 23 own own JJ 8566 1910 24 interests interest NNS 8566 1910 25 . . . 8566 1911 1 When when WRB 8566 1911 2 the the DT 8566 1911 3 opportunity opportunity NN 8566 1911 4 offers offer VBZ 8566 1911 5 , , , 8566 1911 6 he -PRON- PRP 8566 1911 7 manifests manifest VBZ 8566 1911 8 a a DT 8566 1911 9 cold cold JJ 8566 1911 10 , , , 8566 1911 11 calculating calculate VBG 8566 1911 12 shrewdness shrewdness NN 8566 1911 13 . . . 8566 1912 1 To to TO 8566 1912 2 make make VB 8566 1912 3 good good JJ 8566 1912 4 the the DT 8566 1912 5 title title NN 8566 1912 6 to to IN 8566 1912 7 the the DT 8566 1912 8 birthright birthright NN 8566 1912 9 thus thus RB 8566 1912 10 acquired acquire VBD 8566 1912 11 he -PRON- PRP 8566 1912 12 does do VBZ 8566 1912 13 not not RB 8566 1912 14 hesitate hesitate VB 8566 1912 15 to to TO 8566 1912 16 resort resort VB 8566 1912 17 to to IN 8566 1912 18 fraud fraud NN 8566 1912 19 and and CC 8566 1912 20 lying lie VBG 8566 1912 21 . . . 8566 1913 1 Then then RB 8566 1913 2 he -PRON- PRP 8566 1913 3 flees flee VBZ 8566 1913 4 , , , 8566 1913 5 pursued pursue VBN 8566 1913 6 by by IN 8566 1913 7 his -PRON- PRP$ 8566 1913 8 own own JJ 8566 1913 9 guilty guilty JJ 8566 1913 10 conscience conscience NN 8566 1913 11 , , , 8566 1913 12 and and CC 8566 1913 13 , , , 8566 1913 14 tricked trick VBN 8566 1913 15 by by IN 8566 1913 16 Laban Laban NNP 8566 1913 17 , , , 8566 1913 18 he -PRON- PRP 8566 1913 19 serves serve VBZ 8566 1913 20 as as IN 8566 1913 21 a a DT 8566 1913 22 slave slave NN 8566 1913 23 fourteen fourteen CD 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1916 5 selfish selfish JJ 8566 1916 6 and and CC 8566 1916 7 crafty crafty JJ 8566 1916 8 ; ; : 8566 1916 9 and and CC 8566 1916 10 yet yet RB 8566 1916 11 he -PRON- PRP 8566 1916 12 has have VBZ 8566 1916 13 what what WP 8566 1916 14 Esau Esau NNP 8566 1916 15 fatally fatally RB 8566 1916 16 lacks lack VBZ 8566 1916 17 : : : 8566 1916 18 energy energy NN 8566 1916 19 , , , 8566 1916 20 persistency persistency NN 8566 1916 21 , , , 8566 1916 22 and and CC 8566 1916 23 a a DT 8566 1916 24 commanding command VBG 8566 1916 25 ambition ambition NN 8566 1916 26 . . . 8566 1917 1 From from IN 8566 1917 2 the the DT 8566 1917 3 first first JJ 8566 1917 4 his -PRON- PRP$ 8566 1917 5 ambition ambition NN 8566 1917 6 looks look VBZ 8566 1917 7 beyond beyond IN 8566 1917 8 himself -PRON- PRP 8566 1917 9 to to IN 8566 1917 10 the the DT 8566 1917 11 future future NN 8566 1917 12 of of IN 8566 1917 13 his -PRON- PRP$ 8566 1917 14 descendants descendant NNS 8566 1917 15 . . . 8566 1918 1 Measured measure VBN 8566 1918 2 by by IN 8566 1918 3 our -PRON- PRP$ 8566 1918 4 modern modern JJ 8566 1918 5 standards standard NNS 8566 1918 6 , , , 8566 1918 7 his -PRON- PRP$ 8566 1918 8 religious religious JJ 8566 1918 9 professions profession NNS 8566 1918 10 seem seem VBP 8566 1918 11 only only RB 8566 1918 12 hypocrisy hypocrisy NN 8566 1918 13 ; ; : 8566 1918 14 but but CC 8566 1918 15 as as IN 8566 1918 16 we -PRON- PRP 8566 1918 17 analyze analyze VBP 8566 1918 18 his -PRON- PRP$ 8566 1918 19 character character NN 8566 1918 20 we -PRON- PRP 8566 1918 21 find find VBP 8566 1918 22 that that IN 8566 1918 23 a a DT 8566 1918 24 faith faith NN 8566 1918 25 in in IN 8566 1918 26 Jehovah Jehovah NNP 8566 1918 27 , , , 8566 1918 28 narrow narrow JJ 8566 1918 29 and and CC 8566 1918 30 selfish selfish JJ 8566 1918 31 though though IN 8566 1918 32 it -PRON- PRP 8566 1918 33 be be VB 8566 1918 34 , , , 8566 1918 35 was be VBD 8566 1918 36 ever ever RB 8566 1918 37 his -PRON- PRP$ 8566 1918 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8566 1925 6 him -PRON- PRP 8566 1925 7 odious odious JJ 8566 1925 8 , , , 8566 1925 9 as as IN 8566 1925 10 in in IN 8566 1925 11 the the DT 8566 1925 12 case case NN 8566 1925 13 of of IN 8566 1925 14 many many JJ 8566 1925 15 a a DT 8566 1925 16 boy boy NN 8566 1925 17 to to IN 8566 1925 18 - - HYPH 8566 1925 19 day day NN 8566 1925 20 , , , 8566 1925 21 to to IN 8566 1925 22 his -PRON- PRP$ 8566 1925 23 unimaginative unimaginative JJ 8566 1925 24 brothers brother NNS 8566 1925 25 . . . 8566 1926 1 A a DT 8566 1926 2 seemingly seemingly RB 8566 1926 3 hard hard JJ 8566 1926 4 fate fate NN 8566 1926 5 rudely rudely RB 8566 1926 6 snatches snatch VBZ 8566 1926 7 him -PRON- PRP 8566 1926 8 from from IN 8566 1926 9 the the DT 8566 1926 10 enervating enervate VBG 8566 1926 11 influences influence NNS 8566 1926 12 of of IN 8566 1926 13 his -PRON- PRP$ 8566 1926 14 childhood childhood NN 8566 1926 15 home home NN 8566 1926 16 and and CC 8566 1926 17 places place VBZ 8566 1926 18 him -PRON- PRP 8566 1926 19 in in IN 8566 1926 20 the the DT 8566 1926 21 severe severe JJ 8566 1926 22 school school NN 8566 1926 23 of of IN 8566 1926 24 experience experience NN 8566 1926 25 , , , 8566 1926 26 where where WRB 8566 1926 27 he -PRON- PRP 8566 1926 28 is be VBZ 8566 1926 29 tested test VBN 8566 1926 30 and and CC 8566 1926 31 trained train VBN 8566 1926 32 . . . 8566 1927 1 It -PRON- PRP 8566 1927 2 also also RB 8566 1927 3 opens open VBZ 8566 1927 4 wide wide JJ 8566 1927 5 the the DT 8566 1927 6 door door NN 8566 1927 7 of of IN 8566 1927 8 opportunity opportunity NN 8566 1927 9 . . . 8566 1928 1 Fidelity Fidelity NNP 8566 1928 2 to to IN 8566 1928 3 every every DT 8566 1928 4 interest interest NN 8566 1928 5 and and CC 8566 1928 6 an an DT 8566 1928 7 unselfish unselfish JJ 8566 1928 8 response response NN 8566 1928 9 to to IN 8566 1928 10 every every DT 8566 1928 11 opportunity opportunity NN 8566 1928 12 for for IN 8566 1928 13 service service NN 8566 1928 14 soon soon RB 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test NN 8566 1930 10 -- -- : 8566 1930 11 success success NN 8566 1930 12 . . . 8566 1931 1 Toward toward IN 8566 1931 2 his -PRON- PRP$ 8566 1931 3 brothers brother NNS 8566 1931 4 , , , 8566 1931 5 who who WP 8566 1931 6 had have VBD 8566 1931 7 bitterly bitterly RB 8566 1931 8 wronged wrong VBN 8566 1931 9 him -PRON- PRP 8566 1931 10 , , , 8566 1931 11 he -PRON- PRP 8566 1931 12 is be VBZ 8566 1931 13 nobly nobly RB 8566 1931 14 magnanimous magnanimous JJ 8566 1931 15 , , , 8566 1931 16 and and CC 8566 1931 17 to to IN 8566 1931 18 his -PRON- PRP$ 8566 1931 19 kinsmen kinsman NNS 8566 1931 20 , , , 8566 1931 21 who who WP 8566 1931 22 belong belong VBP 8566 1931 23 to to IN 8566 1931 24 the the DT 8566 1931 25 shepherd shepherd NNP 8566 1931 26 class class NN 8566 1931 27 especially especially RB 8566 1931 28 despised despise VBD 8566 1931 29 as as IN 8566 1931 30 boors boor NNS 8566 1931 31 by by IN 8566 1931 32 the the DT 8566 1931 33 cultured cultured JJ 8566 1931 34 Egyptians 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1932 32 loyalty loyalty NN 8566 1932 33 to to IN 8566 1932 34 him -PRON- PRP 8566 1932 35 . . . 8566 1933 1 [ [ -LRB- 8566 1933 2 Sidenote sidenote NN 8566 1933 3 : : : 8566 1933 4 _ _ NNP 8566 1933 5 Conclusion Conclusion NNP 8566 1933 6 _ _ NNP 8566 1933 7 ] ] -RRB- 8566 1933 8 In in IN 8566 1933 9 the the DT 8566 1933 10 same same JJ 8566 1933 11 way way NN 8566 1933 12 Moses Moses NNP 8566 1933 13 , , , 8566 1933 14 the the DT 8566 1933 15 exodus exodus NN 8566 1933 16 , , , 8566 1933 17 and and CC 8566 1933 18 the the DT 8566 1933 19 great great JJ 8566 1933 20 men man NNS 8566 1933 21 and and CC 8566 1933 22 events event NNS 8566 1933 23 of of IN 8566 1933 24 Israel Israel NNP 8566 1933 25 's 's POS 8566 1933 26 dramatic dramatic JJ 8566 1933 27 history history NN 8566 1933 28 , , , 8566 1933 29 all all DT 8566 1933 30 have have VBP 8566 1933 31 a a DT 8566 1933 32 religious religious JJ 8566 1933 33 importance importance NN 8566 1933 34 and and CC 8566 1933 35 significance 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8566 1935 6 be be VB 8566 1935 7 turned turn VBN 8566 1935 8 upon upon IN 8566 1935 9 them -PRON- PRP 8566 1935 10 the the DT 8566 1935 11 more more RBR 8566 1935 12 clearly clearly RB 8566 1935 13 will will MD 8566 1935 14 their -PRON- PRP$ 8566 1935 15 essential essential JJ 8566 1935 16 teachings teaching NNS 8566 1935 17 stand stand VB 8566 1935 18 forth forth RB 8566 1935 19 . . . 8566 1936 1 Like like IN 8566 1936 2 the the DT 8566 1936 3 Old Old NNP 8566 1936 4 Testament Testament NNP 8566 1936 5 as as IN 8566 1936 6 a a DT 8566 1936 7 whole whole NN 8566 1936 8 , , , 8566 1936 9 they -PRON- PRP 8566 1936 10 grew grow VBD 8566 1936 11 up up RP 8566 1936 12 out out IN 8566 1936 13 of of IN 8566 1936 14 real real JJ 8566 1936 15 life life NN 8566 1936 16 and and CC 8566 1936 17 truly truly RB 8566 1936 18 reflect reflect VBP 8566 1936 19 and and CC 8566 1936 20 interpret interpret VBP 8566 1936 21 it -PRON- PRP 8566 1936 22 , , , 8566 1936 23 and and CC 8566 1936 24 therefore therefore RB 8566 1936 25 have have VB 8566 1936 26 a a DT 8566 1936 27 living living JJ 8566 1936 28 , , , 8566 1936 29 vital vital JJ 8566 1936 30 message message NN 8566 1936 31 to to IN 8566 1936 32 life life NN 8566 1936 33 to to IN 8566 1936 34 - - HYPH 8566 1936 35 day day NN 8566 1936 36 . . . 8566 1937 1 Any any DT 8566 1937 2 interpretation interpretation NN 8566 1937 3 that that WDT 8566 1937 4 does do VBZ 8566 1937 5 not not RB 8566 1937 6 ring ring VB 8566 1937 7 true true JJ 8566 1937 8 to to IN 8566 1937 9 life life NN 8566 1937 10 may may MD 8566 1937 11 well well RB 8566 1937 12 be be VB 8566 1937 13 questioned question VBN 8566 1937 14 . . . 8566 1938 1 Finally finally RB 8566 1938 2 , , , 8566 1938 3 the the DT 8566 1938 4 authority authority NN 8566 1938 5 of of IN 8566 1938 6 these these DT 8566 1938 7 ancient ancient JJ 8566 1938 8 narratives narrative NNS 8566 1938 9 depends depend VBZ 8566 1938 10 not not RB 8566 1938 11 upon upon IN 8566 1938 12 the the DT 8566 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1966 7 , , , 8566 1966 8 they -PRON- PRP 8566 1966 9 will will MD 8566 1966 10 not not RB 8566 1966 11 be be VB 8566 1966 12 disconcerted disconcert VBN 8566 1966 13 by by IN 8566 1966 14 widely widely RB 8566 1966 15 variant variant JJ 8566 1966 16 versions version NNS 8566 1966 17 of of IN 8566 1966 18 the the DT 8566 1966 19 same same JJ 8566 1966 20 events event NNS 8566 1966 21 . . . 8566 1967 1 Above above IN 8566 1967 2 all all DT 8566 1967 3 , , , 8566 1967 4 they -PRON- PRP 8566 1967 5 will will MD 8566 1967 6 be be VB 8566 1967 7 delivered deliver VBN 8566 1967 8 from from IN 8566 1967 9 the the DT 8566 1967 10 inconsistencies inconsistency NNS 8566 1967 11 and and CC 8566 1967 12 erroneous erroneous JJ 8566 1967 13 impressions impression NNS 8566 1967 14 which which WDT 8566 1967 15 are be VBP 8566 1967 16 often often RB 8566 1967 17 the the DT 8566 1967 18 cause cause NN 8566 1967 19 of of IN 8566 1967 20 stumbling stumble VBG 8566 1967 21 to to IN 8566 1967 22 the the DT 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point point NN 8566 1969 22 of of IN 8566 1969 23 view view NN 8566 1969 24 , , , 8566 1969 25 they -PRON- PRP 8566 1969 26 will will MD 8566 1969 27 be be VB 8566 1969 28 readily readily RB 8566 1969 29 solved solve VBN 8566 1969 30 , , , 8566 1969 31 and and CC 8566 1969 32 the the DT 8566 1969 33 great great JJ 8566 1969 34 positive positive JJ 8566 1969 35 teachings teaching NNS 8566 1969 36 of of IN 8566 1969 37 these these DT 8566 1969 38 later later JJ 8566 1969 39 didactic didactic JJ 8566 1969 40 stories story NNS 8566 1969 41 will will MD 8566 1969 42 be be VB 8566 1969 43 fully fully RB 8566 1969 44 appreciated appreciate VBN 8566 1969 45 . . . 8566 1970 1 [ [ -LRB- 8566 1970 2 Sidenote sidenote NN 8566 1970 3 : : : 8566 1970 4 _ _ NNP 8566 1970 5 The the DT 8566 1970 6 prophets prophet NNS 8566 1970 7 the the DT 8566 1970 8 best good JJS 8566 1970 9 story story NN 8566 1970 10 - - HYPH 8566 1970 11 tellers teller NNS 8566 1970 12 _ _ NNP 8566 1970 13 ] ] -RRB- 8566 1970 14 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application NN 8566 1976 5 of of IN 8566 1976 6 their -PRON- PRP$ 8566 1976 7 practical practical JJ 8566 1976 8 teachings teaching NNS 8566 1976 9 can can MD 8566 1976 10 best best RB 8566 1976 11 be be VB 8566 1976 12 left leave VBN 8566 1976 13 to to IN 8566 1976 14 the the DT 8566 1976 15 intuition intuition NN 8566 1976 16 of of IN 8566 1976 17 the the DT 8566 1976 18 child child NN 8566 1976 19 and and CC 8566 1976 20 the the DT 8566 1976 21 direction direction NN 8566 1976 22 of of IN 8566 1976 23 the the DT 8566 1976 24 intelligent intelligent JJ 8566 1976 25 parent parent NN 8566 1976 26 and and CC 8566 1976 27 teacher teacher NN 8566 1976 28 . . . 8566 1977 1 [ [ -LRB- 8566 1977 2 Sidenote sidenote NN 8566 1977 3 : : : 8566 1977 4 _ _ XX 8566 1977 5 Their -PRON- PRP$ 8566 1977 6 effective effective JJ 8566 1977 7 methods method NNS 8566 1977 8 of of IN 8566 1977 9 presenting present VBG 8566 1977 10 truths truth NNS 8566 1977 11 _ _ NNP 8566 1977 12 ] ] -RRB- 8566 1977 13 It 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