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 1 Intro|    ground that all his life long he had been preparing against
 2 Intro| evil. For either death is a long sleep, the best of sleeps,
 3 Intro|    he has been all his life long, ‘a king of men.’ He would
 4 Intro|  his sophistry all his life long. He is serious when he is
 5 Intro|     conceives of death as a long sleep (in this respect differing
 6 Text | these accusations you heard long before the others, and much
 7 Text |  slander which has lasted a long time. May I succeed, if
 8 Text |   against his nature. After long consideration, I thought
 9 Text |   to the state, and all day long and in all places am always
10 Text |      I should have perished long ago, and done no good either