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    e altri molti, e feceli beati. 61 'as well as many others, and he made them blessed.
 
E vo' che sappi che, dinanzi ad essi, 62 And, I would have you know, before these
 
spiriti umani non eran salvati." 63 no human souls were saved.'
 
    Non lasciavam l'andar perch' ei dicessi, 64 We did not halt our movement as he spoke,
 
ma passavam la selva tuttavia, 65 but all the while were passing through a wood --
 
la selva, dico, di spiriti spessi. 66 I mean a wood of thronging spirits.
 
    Non era lunga ancor la nostra via 67 We had not yet gone far from where I'd slept
 
di qua dal sonno, quand' io vidi un foco 68 when I beheld a blaze of light
 
ch'emisperio di tenebre vincia. 69 that overcame a hemisphere of darkness,
 
    Di lungi n'eravamo ancora un poco, 70 though still a good way from it,
 
ma non sì ch'io non discernessi in parte 71 yet not so far but I discerned
 
ch'orrevol gente possedea quel loco. 72 an honorable company was gathered there.
 
    "O tu ch'onori scïenzïa e arte, 73 'O you who honor art and knowledge,
 
questi chi son c'hanno cotanta onranza, 74 why are these so honored they are set
 
che dal modo de li altri li diparte?" 75 apart from the condition of the rest?'
 
    E quelli a me: "L'onrata nominanza 76 And he answered: 'Their honorable fame,
 
che di lor suona sù ne la tua vita, 77 which echoes in your life above,
 
grazïa acquista in ciel che sì li avanza." 78 gains favor in Heaven, which thus advances them.'

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