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[My grandfather] returned to what he called ‘studying.’ He sat looking down at his lap, his left hand idle on the chair arm, his right scratching his ...more

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You may say that I am just another outdated old man complaining about progress and the changes of time. But, you see, I have well considered that poss...more

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I whisper over to myself the way of loss, the names of the dead. One by one, we lose our loved ones, our friends, our powers of work and pleasure, our...more

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The sunlight now lay over the valley perfectly still. I went over to the graveyard beside the church and found them under the old cedars... I am findi...more

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In order to survive, a plurality of true communities would require not egalitarianism and tolerance but knowledge, an understanding of the necessity o...more

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...And yet a knowledgeis here that tenses the throatas for song: the inheritanceof the ones, alive or oncealive, who stand behindthe ones I have imagi...more