18 For those who diligently sought silver, and were so anxious, and whose works are past finding out, (WEB) 19 they have vanished and gone down to Hades, and others have come up in their place. (WEB) 20 Younger men have seen the light and lived upon the earth, but they haven’t known the way of knowledge, (WEB)
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