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| 19 | "Lo maggior don che Dio per sua larghezza | 'The greatest gift that God in His largesse |
| 20 | fesse creando, e a la sua bontate | gave to creation, the most attuned |
| 21 | più conformato, e quel ch'e' più apprezza, | to His goodness and that He accounts most dear, |
| 22 | fu de la volontà la libertate; | 'was the freedom of the will: |
| 23 | di che le creature intelligenti, | all creatures possessed of intellect, |
| 24 | e tutte e sole, fuoro e son dotate. | all of them and they alone, were and are so endowed. |