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"Well, then, shall mere glory distract you? Look at the swiftness of the oblivion of all men; the gulf of endless h time, behind and before; the hollowness of applause, the fickleness and folly of those who seem to speak well of you, and the narrow room in which it is confined. This should make you pause. For the entire earth is a point in space."