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Genesis
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Then the gods realized they must create substitutes for themselves: men. But how? For them to be truly alive, a god must die.
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― La Tavoletta dei Destini
― La Tavoletta dei Destini
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[All the ancient wisdom] tells us that work is necessary to us, as much a part of our condition as mortality; that good work is our salvation and our joy; that shoddy or dishonest or self-serving work is our curse and our doom. We have tried to escape the sweat and sorrow promised in Genesis - only to find that, in order to do so, we must forswear love and excellence, health and joy.
(pg. 44, "The Unsettling of America")
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― The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays
― The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays
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