{"id":4278,"date":"2005-12-16T19:37:47","date_gmt":"2005-12-16T23:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/12\/16\/a-little-serenity-please\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:54:19","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:54:19","slug":"a-little-serenity-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/12\/16\/a-little-serenity-please\/","title":{"rendered":"a little serenity, please"},"content":{"rendered":"

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