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The Latin is non perimus, concluding a characteristic play on words: ad ilium imus, per ilium imus,

The Latin is non perimus, concluding a characteristic play on words: ad ilium imus, per ilium imus,

SERMON 189 37

11. Jews and Gentiles. The Jews are the ox, a sacrificial animal; the Gentiles the donkey.

12. Such a gross anachronism, that it cannot deceive anyone, and I trust will offend no one either. The Latin is non perimus, concluding a characteristic play on words: ad ilium imus, per ilium imus, non perimus.

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