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through the ages the work of their purification and hallowing must be wrought. But when all were fit to receive him, and peace and happiness reigned again on earth and in heaven, Baldur would come back. For the word was Resurrection.

"So perish the old Gods!
But out of the sea of time
Rises a new land of song,
Fairer than the old."—Longfellow.

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"Heartily know.
When half-gods go,
The gods arrive."—Emerson.