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Augustus Hare

To Adam Paradise was home. To the good among his descendants home is paradise.

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For Adam, living in Paradise itself was his true home, the place where he belonged. For his virtuous descendants, their sense of home is so special and fulfilling that it feels like paradise to them.

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