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C00002 00002		In the early days it was believed that lead might be transmuted
C00003 00003	(2) that the state of mind of the chymist was the critical precondition for
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	In the early days it was believed that lead might be transmuted
into gold by appropriate procedures.  Popular theories were (1) that the
juice of pomegranates sublimed over tartar was the most potent pretreatment,
(2) that the state of mind of the chymist was the critical precondition for
success, and (3) that the whole thing was baloney.