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FAUSTUS: I see there’s virtue in my heavenly words:
   Who would not be proficient in this art?
   How pliant is this Mephistophilis,
   Full of obedience and humility!
   Such is the force of magic and my spells:
   No, Faustus, thou art conjuror laureat,
   That canst command great Mephistophilis:
   Quin regis Mephistophilis fratris imagine.

Christopher "Kit" Marlowe (1564-1593) English dramatist and poet
The Tragicall History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, Act 1, sc. 3 (sc. 3), l. 270ff (1594; 1604 “A” text)

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Marlowe, Christopher - The Tragicall History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, Act 1, sc. 3 (sc. 3), l. 270ff (1594; 1604 "A" text) | WIST Quotations

FAUSTUS: I see there's virtue in my heavenly words: Who would not be proficient in this art? How pliant is this Mephistophilis, Full of obedience and humility! Such is the force of magic and my spells: No, Faustus, thou art conjuror laureat, That canst command great Mephistophilis: Quin regis Mephistophilis…

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Chuck Darwin Jul 22, 2024

Republicans are starting to second guess their party’s pick for vice president.

Much of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign,
including the decision to tap Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate,
was structured around attacks on President Joe Biden.

But then, Biden announced Sunday that he was withdrawing from the presidential race altogether.
Trump campaign officials acknowledged that Trump selected the #inexperienced Vance,
charged with all his #techno-#authoritarian ideas,
to boost support among their own base,
not extend a hand to swing voters, according to The Atlantic.
Vance was a symbol of the Trump team’s assuredness that they would win in 2024.
That assuredness appears to be shrinking.
“Most striking thing I heard from Trump allies yesterday was the second-guessing of JD Vance
—a selection, they acknowledged, that was borne of #cockiness, meant to run up margins with the base in a blowout rather than persuade swing voters in a nail-biter,”
Atlantic staff writer Tim Alberta, who had written the piece about the #panicking Trump campaign, posted on X (formerly Twitter).

Trump decried Biden’s decision to drop out in a post on Truth Social,
🔥writing that his team would have to “start all over again” and asking to be reimbursed for the cost. ❗️

At the same time, Vance has set straight to work, calling for Biden to resign from the presidency. 🤣
Meanwhile, the Democrats possess a new potential nominee in the form of Vice President #Kamala #Harris.
⭐️And as a result, the party had one of the best fundraising days ever.

https://newrepublic.com/post/184106/trump-picking-jd-vance-mistake-biden-kamala-harris