“But things immortal ne’er can be transposed,

Ne’er take addition, nor encounter loss;

For what once changes, by the change alone

Subverts immediate its anterior life.”

“But things immortal ne’er can be transposed, Ne’er take addition, nor encounter loss; For what once changes, by the change alone Subverts immediate its anterior life.”

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Genesis 28:12:⁠—