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"ref": "1967, Chaim Grade, צמח אַטלאַס [Tsemakh Atlas], volume 1, page 158:",
"roman": "a mentsh vos lebt nit fun eygene fardinstn, muz zayn a nikhne tsu zayne broyt-geber, er muz vern a khoynef un a tsvuak, oder er vert a mar-nefesh un krigt faynt di gantse velt.",
"text": "אַ מענטש וואָס לעבט ניט פון אייגענע פאַרדינסטן, מוז זיין אַ נכנע צו זיינע ברויט־געבער, ער מוז ווערן אַ חונף און אַ צבועק, אָדער ער ווערט אַ מר־נפש און קריגט פיינט די גאַנצע וועלט.",
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