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that has led him to neglect his worldly affairs.
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He reminds, at various points,
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the audience of his extreme poverty,
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his neglect of his family and
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his obligations to his wife and children
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as well as to suffer the disgrace and the abuse
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that is directed against him
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by various public figures,
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he tells us.
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All of this is the result
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of his devotion to the divine command.
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He presents himself, in other words,as