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1.  *     THE DESIRE of increasing riches occupieth you,
 
2.  *     Till ye come to the grave.
 
3.  *     Nay! but in the end ye shall know
 
4.  *     Nay! once more,in the end ye shall know your folly.
 
5.  *     Nay! would that ye knew it with knowledge of certainty!
 
6.  *     Surely ye shall see hell-fire.
 
7.  *     Then shall ye surely see it with the eye of certainty;
 
8.  *     Then shall ye on that day be taken to task concerning pleasures.