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It reminded me of a day I was in the excellent library at Princeton Seminary.\u00a0 I was looking for a work by Eusebius which I was assured was checked in, but when I went to the proper spot\u2014 there was a gap, and no book.\u00a0 I went the librarian, who was very prim and proper and all about quiet in the library and she walked with me to the shelf where Eusebius should have been, certain I was mistaken. When she got to the spot she was shocked and I quipped\u2014 \u2018well I guess it\u2019s a case of now Eusebius, and now you don\u2019t\u2019. And she cracked a smile and then giggle and then put her hand over mouth. I imagine she had never before laughed out loud in the library.\u00a0 Well, I almost did today when I saw that jar.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"