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...quoting a few paragraphs, as in and of themselves the best possible exhibition of the modern Sodom. "In ancient times, if we may believe the myths of...labyrinth of Daedalus, there to wander about blindly until such time as they were devoured by the Minotaur, a frightful monster, half man, half bull, the foul... | |
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