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that it flows from simplicity. In brief, “the dove” has usually served to figure Christ; “the serpent,” to tempt Him. The one even from the first has been the harbinger of divinepeace; the other from the beginning has been the despoiler of the divine image. Accordingly, simplicity alone6640