{"query": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_08_xi: When thou art hard to be s", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_29e7d95de98a", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_08_xi: When thou art hard to be stirred up and awaked out of thy sleep, admonish thy...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "When thou art hard to be stirred up and awaked out of thy sleep, admonish thyself and call to mind, that, to perform actions tending to the common good is that which thine own proper constitution, and"}, {"id": "card_n_5a7abceb59ea", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_07_xix: Whensoever any man doth trespass against other, presently consider with thyse...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Whensoever any man doth trespass against other, presently consider with thyself what it was that he did suppose to be good, what to be evil, when he did trespass. 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