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Lucifer. And this should be the human sum
Of knowledge, to know mortal nature's nothingness;
Bequeath that science to thy children, and
'Twill spare them many tortures.
Cain.Haughty spirit!
Thou speak'st it proudly; but thyself, though proud,
Hast a superior.
Lucifer.No! By heaven, which he
Holds, and the abyss, and the immensity