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“Нам трэба праверыць: што мы і хто мы? Ці мы — балотная вада, якой няма ходу, ці мы — крынічны струмень, жывы, свежы, той струмень, што пакідае ўбаку гнілую балотную ваду і ўсё імкнецца наперад і наперад па чысценькім жоўтым пясочку?”

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