"The world rolls round forever like a mill; it grinds out death and life and good and ill; it has no purpose, heart or mind or will."

Death, Life, Heart, Purpose

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"The world rolls round forever like a mill; it grinds out death and life and good and ill; it has no purpose, heart or mind or will."

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