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3、rshadgonebytoenableustolookbackonthem,wesometimesdiscussedtheeventsleadingtohisaccident.ImaintainthattheEwellsstarteditall,butJem,whowasfouryearsmysenior,saiditstartedlongbeforethat.HesaiditbeganthesummerDillcametous,whenDillfirstgaveustheideaofmakingBooRad
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5、sultedAtticus.Ourfathersaidwewerebothright.BeingSoutherners,itwasasourceofshametosomemembersofthefamilythatwehadnorecordedancestorsoneithersideoftheBattleofHastings.AllwehadwasSimonFinch,afur-trappingapothecaryfromCornwallwhosepietywasexceededonlybyhissting
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7、ndfulofJohnWesley’sstricturesontheuseofmanywordsinbuyingandselling,Simonmadeapilepracticingmedicine,butinthispursuithewasunhappylesthebetemptedintodoingwhatheknewwasnotforthegloryofGod,astheputtingonofgoldandcostlyapparel.SoSimon,havingforgottenhisteacher’s
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