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Or, The Great Renunciation. 
Being the Life and Teaching of Gautama, Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism, 
TOLD IN VERSE BY AN INDIAN BUDDHIST. 
By EDWIN ARNOLD, C.S.I., Author of ‘‘ The Indian Song of Songs,” 
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