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While my father
prayed earnestly to God...
:11:04
... to protect commerce...
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... I would offer up...
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... secretly...
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... the proudest prayer
a boy could think of.
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"Lord, make me a great composer."
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"Let me celebrate your glory
through music...
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... and be celebrated myself."
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"Make me famous through the world."
:11:30
"Make me immortal."
:11:34
"After I die...
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...let people speak my name
with love for what I wrote."
:11:42
"In return...
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...I will give you my chastity...
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...my industry...
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...my deepest humility,
every hour of my life."
:11:57
"Amen."
:12:00
And do you know what happened?
:12:03
A miracle!
:12:22
My life changed forever.
:12:25
I knew God had arranged it all.
That was obvious.
:12:29
One minute I was a frustrated boy...
:12:32
...in an obscure little town.
The next I was here...
:12:36
...in Vienna, city of musicians...
:12:40
... and Emperor Joseph,
the musical king.
:12:44
In a few years, I was his court
composer. Isn't that incredible?
:12:49
Every night I sat with
the emperor of Austria...
:12:52
... playing duets with him...
:12:54
... correcting the royal sight-reading.