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… citizens, struck with awe at so extraordinary an event, gathered together with one desire: to visit, to see, and to revere those whom, not long before, they had considered nobodies, the scorn and refuse of the world. Now they saw them elevated from utter poverty to such a height of dignity, second only to the emperor himself. No other conversation was heard…
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