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Have pity on my simplicity, for I am but a mortal.
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The speaker asks for compassion because they see themselves as simple and limited rather than perfect or all-knowing. Calling themselves “a mortal” emphasizes ordinary human weakness and fallibility. The sentence is a humble request not to judge them harshly.
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- Internet Archive scan of Ethiopia Unbound (1911)
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