Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 8372

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8372. When they walk in this manner they always keep their face frontwards and in so doing they look to the front, never downwards or to the ground. They call looking downwards damnable. It is what the most worthless among them do, and if they do not grow accustomed to looking forwards they are banished from society.


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