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    "title": "Should the race go to the swift? Or should there be no race?",
    "author": "pmjones",
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    "created": "2017-08-28 19:05:44 UTC",
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    "html": "<blockquote>\n<p>The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/9-11.htm\">http://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/9-11.htm</a></p>\n<p>Some read this, and think:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>The race <em>should</em> be to the swift.</li>\n<li>The battle <em>should</em> be to the strong.</li>\n<li>The wise <em>should</em> receive food.</li>\n<li>The brilliant <em>should</em> be rich.</li>\n<li>The learned <em>should</em> draw favor.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>But others think:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>There should be no swift and no sluggish; there should be no race.</li>\n<li>There should be no strong and no weak; there should be no battle.</li>\n<li>There should be no wise and no foolish; food should be given to all.</li>\n<li>There should be no brilliant and no dull; all should be rich.</li>\n<li>There should be no learned and no ignorant; all should draw favor.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>The first is a cry against the vicissitudes of life. The second is a cry against reality itself.</p>\n"
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