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“Bonum est nos hic esse, quia homo vivit purius, cadit rarius, surgit velocius, incedit cautius, quiescit securius, moritur felicius, purgatur citius, praemiatur copiosius.”–Bernard. “This sentence,” says Dr. Whitaker, “is usually inscribed in some conspicuous part of the Cistertian houses.”