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"text": "[…] Luther was not born in the year 1483, but in 84; and not on the 22d day of October, but on the 10th of November, the eve of Martinmas day, from whence he had the name of Martin. […] —Now you ſee, brother Toby, he would ſay, looking up, \"that chriſtian names are not ſuch indifferent things;\"———had Luther here been called by any other name but Martin, he would have been damned to all eternity———Not that I look upon Martin, he would add, as a good name——far from it——'tis ſomething better than a neutral, and but a little——yet little as it is, you ſee it was of ſome ſervice to him."
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