He made them blessed
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e altri molti, e feceli beati. E vo’ che sappi che, dinanzi ad essi, spiriti umani non eran salvati».
and many others, and he made them blessed. And I would have you know that, before these, no human souls had been saved.’
And many others he led out and made blessed; before them, Virgil says, no human souls were saved.
Virgil finishes the great answer: the mighty one <i>feceli beati</i>, made them blessed, opening heaven to them at last. Dante's question — did anyone ever leave? — is answered with a resounding yes.
The closing fact is stark: <i>dinanzi ad essi… non eran salvati</i>. Before the harrowing, no human soul had entered heaven at all. Salvation itself had a beginning in time, and Virgil, dead just before it came, missed it by the narrowest of margins — a fact he states without complaint.
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