{"query": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_07_024: Then I sought a way", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_0c0c634ebee1", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_07_007: And I sought \"whence is evil,\" and sought in an evil way; and saw not the evi...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "And I sought \"whence is evil,\" and sought in an evil way; and saw not the evil in my very search. I set now before the sight of my spirit the whole creation, whatsoever we can see therein (as sea, ear", "authority_tier": "father", "source": "Augustine, Confessions (c. AD 400)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_7cbe9eedb8d9", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_07_011: Now then, O my Helper, hadst Thou loosed me from those fetters: and I sought ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Now then, O my Helper, hadst Thou loosed me from those fetters: and I sought \"whence is evil,\" and found no way. 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