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    "book_author": "M. K. Kuriakose",
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      "chunk_data": "41. ROBERT DE NOBILI'S LETTER TO BELLARMINE\n(1607 A.D.)\nThis letter, written from Madurai on 1 December 1607, gives an account of the style of life de Nobili had adopted to accommodate himself to the high caste Hindus. Cited in Vincent Cronin, A Pearl to India, pp. 74-75.",
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      "chunk_data": "It is necessary to observe all these, for if these people did not see me do such penance, they would not receive me as one who can teach them the way to heaven, because that is the way of life their own teachers observe.",
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