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If thou shalt seek her as money, and shalt dig for her as for a treasure:
Divine wisdom is not acquired passively but demands intense, intentional pursuit. The life of faith requires us to value and seek God's truth with the same exhausting zeal that humanity naturally devotes to accumulating material wealth.
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