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 I died as inanimate matter and arose a plant,I died as a plant and rose again an animal.
 I died as an animal and arose a man.
 Why then should I fear to become less by dying?
 I shall die once again as a man
 To rise an angel perfect from head to foot!
 Again when I suffer dissolution as an angel,
 I shall become what passes the conception of man!
 Let me then become non-existent, for non-existence.
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