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There are losses because of glory; and there is one who has lifted up his head from a low estate.
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Verse 11. Glory. Galba “would have been universally deemed worthy of the empire, if he had not reigned.” Tacit. Hist. 1.—Adrian VI. thought the pontificate the greatest misfortune to which he had been exposed; and this observation ws engraven on his tomb.—Estate. By merit.
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