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Just as that imperceptible motion which appears like stillness is infinitely divided in its properties from stili ness itself, so had his hope undistinguishable from despair differed from despair indeed. In a few minutes they moved on again towards the house. The sergeant still looked from the window. "Morning, comrades!" he shouted, in a cheery voice, when they came up.
The boys of Florence especially had grown wild and rough during the reign of pleasure, and they were the terror of the city during carnival time. They would carry long poles, or 'stili, and bar the streets across, demanding money before they would let the people pass.
Instead of the rough game of 'stili, there were altars put up at the corners of the streets, and the boys begged money of the passers-by, not for their feasts, but for the poor. 'You shall not miss your bonfire, said Savonarola; 'but instead of a tree you shall burn up vain and useless things, and so purify the city.
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