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come to me.
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I do not care who you are
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or what you are or what they may
say about you,
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but I want to hear
from your own lips
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that you are not
a traitor,
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that you would not
lead these people
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in revolt against me.
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Tell me, Moses.
I will believe you.
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I am not this deliverer
you fear.
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It would take
more than a man
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to lead the slaves
from bondage.
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It would take a god.
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But if I could
free them, I would.
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What has turned you
against me?
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From the time my sister brought
you to the court,
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I loved you, reared you,
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set you before my own son...
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because I saw in you
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a worth and a greatness
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above other men.
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No son could have more love
for you than I.
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Then why are you forcing me
to destroy you?
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What evil has done this to you?
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The evil that men should
turn their brothers
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into beasts of burden,
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to slave and suffer
in dumb anguish,
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to be stripped of spirit
and hope and faith
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only because they are
of another race,
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another creed.
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If there is a god,
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he did not mean this
to be so.
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What I have done,
I was compelled to do.