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		<title>Dante Alighieri -- The Divine Comedy [Divina Commedia], Book 3 &#8220;Paradiso,&#8221; Canto  5, l.  19ff (5.19-24) [Beatrice] (1320) [tr. Ciardi (1970)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of all creation&#8217;s bounty realized, God&#8217;s greatest gift, the gift in which mankind is most like Him, the gift by Him most prized, is the freedom he bestowed upon the will. All his intelligent creatures, and they alone, were so endowed, and so endowed are still. [Lo maggior don che Dio per sua larghezza fesse [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of all creation&#8217;s bounty realized,<br />
<span class="tab">God&#8217;s greatest gift, the gift in which mankind<br />
<span class="tab">is most like Him, the gift by Him most prized,<br />
is the freedom he bestowed upon the will.<br />
<span class="tab">All his intelligent creatures, and they alone,<br />
<span class="tab">were so endowed, and so endowed are still.</p>
<p><em>[Lo maggior don che Dio per sua larghezza<br />
<span class="tab">fesse creando, e a la sua bontate<br />
<span class="tab">più conformato, e quel ch&#8217;e&#8217; più apprezza,<br />
fu de la volontà la libertate;<br />
<span class="tab">di che le creature intelligenti,<br />
<span class="tab">e tutte e sole, fuore e son dotate.]</span></span></span></span></em></span></span></span></span></p>
<br><b>Dante Alighieri</b> (1265-1321) Italian poet<br><i>The Divine Comedy [Divina Commedia]</i>, Book 3 <i>&#8220;Paradiso,&#8221;</i> Canto  5, l.  19ff (5.19-24) [Beatrice] (1320) [tr. Ciardi (1970)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://archive.org/details/paradisoverseren00dant/page/62/mode/2up?view=theater&q=%22of+all+creation%27s+bounty%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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(<a href="https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Divina_Commedia/Paradiso/Canto_V#:~:text=Lo%20maggior%20don,e%20son%20dotate.">Source (Italian)</a>). Alternate translations:<br><br>

<blockquote>That gem above all price by wifdom giv'n. <br>
<span class="tab">The most distinguish'd boon of fav'ring Heav'n,<br>
<span class="tab">The Stamp of Godhead on the human breast,<br>
By him most priz'd, is Liberty of Choice; <br>
<span class="tab">A gift by none beneath the ambient Skies<br>
<span class="tab">But happy rationals alone possest.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/divinacommediaof03dantuoft/page/72/mode/2up?q=%22gem+above+all+price%22">Boyd</a> (1802), st. 5] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Supreme of gifts, which God creating gave<br>
<span class="tab">Of his free bounty, sign most evident<br>
<span class="tab">Of goodness, and in his account most priz’d,<br>
Was liberty of will, the boon wherewith<br>
<span class="tab">All intellectual creatures, and them sole<br>
<span class="tab">He hath endow’d. <br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/8799/8799-h/8799-h.htm#cantoIII.5:~:text=Supreme%20of%20gifts%2C%20which%20God%20creating%20gave%0AOf%20his%20free%20bounty%2C%20sign%20most%20evident%0AOf%20goodness%2C%20and%20in%20his%20account%20most%20priz%E2%80%99d%2C%0AWas%20liberty%20of%20will%2C%20the%20boon%20wherewith%0AAll%20intellectual%20creatures%2C%20and%20them%20sole%0AHe%20hath%20endow%E2%80%99d.">Cary</a> (1814)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The greatest gift that God, creating, gave<br>
<span class="tab">Of his great bounty, and his goodness cost,<br>
<span class="tab">And that which he appreciated the most,<br>
Was human liberty and our free will;<br>
<span class="tab">With which the creatures of intelligence,<br>
<span class="tab">And they alone, were dowered as with sense.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/comedyofdanteal00dant/page/342/mode/2up?q=%22the+greatest+gift%22">Bannerman</a> (1850)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The greatest gift that in his largess God<br>
<span class="tab">Creating made, and unto his own goodness<br>
<span class="tab">Nearest conformed, and that which he doth prize<br>
Most highly, is the freedom of the will,<br>
<span class="tab">Wherewith the creatures of intelligence<br>
<span class="tab">Both all and only were and are endowed.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Divine_Comedy_(Longfellow_1867)/Volume_3/Canto_5#:~:text=%22The%20greatest%20gift%20that%20in%20his%20largess%20God%0A%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0Creating%20made%2C%20and%20unto%20his%20own%20goodness%0A%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0Nearest%20conformed%2C%20and%20that%20which%20he%20doth%20prize%0A%0AMost%20highly%2C%20is%20the%20freedom%20of%20the%20will%2C%0A%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0Wherewith%20the%20creatures%20of%20intelligence%0A%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0Both%20all%20and%20only%20were%20and%20are%20endowed.">Longfellow</a> (1867)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The greatest gift which God of His bounty made in creating, and the most conformed to His goodness, and that which He most values, was the freedom of the will, wherewith the creatures that have intelligence all, and they only, were and are endowed.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/paradisedanteal00aliggoog/page/n74/mode/2up?q=%22The+greatest+gift%22">Butler</a> (1885)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The greatest gift which God's creating grace<br>
<span class="tab">Made in His largess, to His clemency <br>
<span class="tab">The most conformed, and prized as first in place<br>
Was of the will the perfect liberty,<br>
<span class="tab">With which the creatures of intelligence<br>
<span class="tab">Were dowered, and are, and they alone.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/divinecomedyofda00dantrich/page/276/mode/2up?q=%22the+greatest+gift%22">Minchin</a> (1885)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The greatest gift which God in His largess bestowed in creating, and the most conformed unto His goodness and that which He esteems the most, was the freedom of the will, with which all the creatures of intelligence, and they alone, were and are endowed.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1997/1997-h/1997-h.htm#cantoIII.V:~:text=The%20greatest%20gift%20which%20God%20in%20His%20largess%20bestowed%20in%20creating%2C%20and%20the%20most%20conformed%20unto%20His%20goodness%20and%20that%20which%20He%20esteems%20the%20most%2C%20was%20the%20freedom%20of%20the%20will%2C%20with%20which%20all%20the%20creatures%20of%20intelligence%2C%20and%20they%20alone%2C%20were%20and%20are%20endowed.">Norton</a> (1892)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">The greatest gift God of his largess made at the creation, and the most conformed to his own  excellence, and which he most prizeth,<br>
<span class="tab">was the will's liberty, wherewith creatures intelligent, both all and only, were and are endowed.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/paradisoofdante00dant/page/50/mode/2up?q=%22The+greatest+gift%22">Wicksteed</a> (1899)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The greatest gift that God in His bounty made in creation, the most conformable to His goodness and the one He accounts the most precious, was the freedom of the will, with which the creatures with intelligence, all and only these, were and are endowed.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/divinecomedyofda0000dant/page/74/mode/2up?q=%22the+greatest+gift%22">Sinclair</a> (1939)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Of all the gifts God in His bounty extreme<br>
<span class="tab">Made when creating, most conformable<br>
<span class="tab">To His own goodness, and in His esteem<br>
Most precious, was the liberty of the will,<br>
<span class="tab">With which creatures that are intelligent<br>
<span class="tab">Were all endowed, they only, and are so still.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/portabledante00dant/page/388/mode/2up?q=%22of+all+the+gifts+god%22">Binyon</a> (1943)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The greatest gift of God’s largesse, when He <br>
<span class="tab">Created all, most prized by Him, and best,<br>
<span class="tab">As most akin to His own quality,<br>
Was the will's freedom, crown of all the rest,<br>
<span class="tab">Whereof all creatures made intelligent,<br>
<span class="tab">They all, they only, were and are possessed.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/comedyofdanteali0000dant/page/90/mode/2up?q=%22greatest+gift%22">Sayers/Reynolds</a> (1962)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The greatest gift which God in His bounty<br>
<span class="tab">bestowed in creating, and to His own goodness<br>
<span class="tab">the most conformed, and that which He prizes the most,<br>
was of the will the freedom,<br>
<span class="tab">with which the creatures that have intelligence,<br>
<span class="tab">they all and they alone, were and are endowed.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Divine_Comedy_III_Paradiso_Vol_III_P/4Q48EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22greatest%20gift%22">Singleton</a> (1975)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The greatest gift which God in his open-handedness <br>
<span class="tab">Gave in creation, and the gift which most conformed <br>
<span class="tab">To his own excellence, and which he most values,<br>
Was that of freedom of the will,<br>
<span class="tab">With which creatures created intelligent,<br>
<span class="tab">Each and all of them, were and are endowed.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/divinecomedy0000dant/page/368/mode/2up?q=%22greatest+gift%22">Sisson</a> (1981)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The greatest gift the magnanimity <br>
<span class="tab">of God, as He created, gave, the gift <br>
<span class="tab">most suited to His goodness, gift that He <br>
most prizes, was the freedom of the will; <br>
<span class="tab">those beings that have intellect -- all these <br>
<span class="tab">and none but these -- received and do receive this gift.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/paradiso0000dant_k1w9/page/38/mode/2up?q=%22greatest+gift%22">Mandelbaum</a> (1984)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The greatest gift that our bounteous Lord <br>
<span class="tab">bestowed as the Creator, in creating, <br>
<span class="tab">the gift He cherishes the most, the one<br>
most like Himself, was freedom of the will,<br>
<span class="tab">All creatures with intelligence, and they <br>
<span class="tab">alone, were so endowed both then and now.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/dantesparadise0000dant/page/56/mode/2up?q=%22greatest+gift%22">Musa</a> (1984)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">The greatest gift that ever in his bountifulness God gave in creating, and the most conformed to his goodness, the one that is most prized,<br>
<span class="tab">was the freedom of the will, with which the creatures with intelligence, all of them and only they, were and are endowed.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/divinecomedyofda0000dant_e4e9/page/104/mode/2up?q=%22greatest+gift%22">Durling</a> (2011)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The greatest gift that God made at the Creation, out of his munificence, the one that most fitted his supreme goodness, and which he values most, is Free Will, with which intelligent creatures, all and sundry, were, and are, endowed.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Italian/DantPar1to7.php#:~:text=The%20greatest%20gift%20that%20God%20made%20at%20the%20Creation%2C%20out%20of%20his%20munificence%2C%20the%20one%20that%20most%20fitted%20his%20supreme%20goodness%2C%20and%20which%20he%20values%20most%2C%20is%20Free%20Will%2C%20with%20which%20intelligent%20creatures%2C%20all%20and%20sundry%2C%20were%2C%20and%20are%2C%20endowed.">Kline</a> (2002)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The greatest gift that God, in spacious deed, <br>
<span class="tab">made, all-creating -- and most nearly formed <br>
<span class="tab">to His liberality, most prized by Him -- <br>
was liberty in actions of the will, <br>
<span class="tab">with which all creatures of intelligence -- <br>
<span class="tab">and they alone -- both were and are endowed. <br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/divinecomedy3par0000dant/page/40/mode/2up?q=%22greatest+gift%22">Kirkpatrick</a> (2007)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The greatest gift that God in His largesse<br>
<span class="tab">gave to creation, the most attuned<br>
<span class="tab">to His goodness and that He accounts most dear,<br>
was the freedom of the will:<br>
<span class="tab">all creatures possessed of intellect,<br>
<span class="tab">all of them and they alone, were and are so endowed.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://dante.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/dante/campuscgi/mpb/GetCantoSection.pl?INP_POEM=Par&INP_SECT=5&INP_START=19&INP_LEN=6&LANG=0">Hollander/Hollander</a> (2007)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The greatest gift that God, in infinite bounty,<br>
<span class="tab">Bestowed on His creation, and the quality<br>
<span class="tab">Most like His goodness, as well as what He prices,<br>
Was freedom of will, granted only to creatures<br>
<span class="tab">Of intelligence -- exclusively for them,<br>
<span class="tab">No others thus endowed.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Divine_Comedy/WZyBj-s9PfsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22greatest%20gift%22">Raffel</a> (2010)] </blockquote><br>
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