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A participant says Dante's numbered sequence and rhythm are meant to overwhelm the hearer with the universe's beauty and symmetry.
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"...goes, I think he's really trying to overwhelm us with the numbers, right? Dal uno al secondo, poi dal quarto, terzo, quinto, quarto, sesto,..."
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"...is earth, and shall be together with the rest until our number equals the eternal purpose. Only those two lights that ascended wear their..."
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"...ground? The Vatican, okay? The seat of the Catholic Church. That's number one. Number two is, who has usurped his place?"
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"...is hard to understand but let's just say there is infinite number of us okay what's happening is that your soul is infinite it..."
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"Sparks that were more in number than the sum one reaches, doubling in succession each square of a chessboard, 1 -2 -64. I heard..."
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"...our time is short so too must be our path the number of these angels is so great that there has never been a..."
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"...from far away, but basically, it's a free class. Okay? That's number one. Number two is the diversity of the students in this class."
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"...who fearing harm stay near the shepherd they are few in number to call them would require little cloth now if my words are..."
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"...guys, okay? One, we do matter. Everything we do does matter. Number two is God is nonjudgmental. He will never, ever punish you. He..."
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"...trying to figure out why this is the case. All right? Number one, and this is the most important, is we know it's not..."
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"...can forgive others. Okay? So let's focus on this, guys. Okay? Number one is... Let's see all this clearly. Number one is Dante knows..."
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"...one. There is no common man in any of this. What's number two? What's another stark difference? These are all Christian figures, right? There's..."
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