De finibusMarcus Tullius Cicero, S. Moses, C. S. Fearenside, J. D. Maillard
De finibus
by Marcus Tullius Cicero, S. Moses, C. S. Fearenside, J. D. Maillard · first published 1900
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…these which are over firmament and made is thus. and call God firmament sky and made is evening and morning day second. (That one might be deceptively easy because this text is so familiar...) Cicero's De Finibus, the origin of the text that got corrupted into "Lorem Ipsum"? Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam eaque ipsa, quae ab…
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