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“People like you and I, though mortal of course like everyone else, do not grow old no matter how long we live...[We] never cease to stand like curious children before the great mystery into which we were born.”
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- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 91c9c9758ce38e28eb66936d082965d27d5022eb59de4e2e14fe8f0c52cdaa22
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