{"query": "Boethius, Consolation §boe_04_05: On this I said: 'I see how", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_d5d0427d4999", "title": "Boethius, Consolation §boe_04_05: On this I said: 'I see how there is a happiness and misery founded on the act...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "On this I said: 'I see how there is a happiness and misery founded on the actual deserts of the righteous and the wicked. 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