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as I read these passages, I want you to see
here that wisdom is better than being a fool,
but in the end, both the wise and the fool
die, and wisdom can't do one thing for you
in the grave; it can't help you in the grave,
and that's what we're going to be getting at
here. I'm beginning in verse 12, and
Solomon said, “And I turned myself to
behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for
what can the man do that cometh after the
king? even that which hath been already
done. Then I saw that wisdom excelleth
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folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.” That
is very true. But then he says in verse 14,
“The wise man's eyes are in his head; but
the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself
perceived also that one event happeneth to
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