"He was so tenacious he defied the distraction of women by refusing to have them in his presence, just as later in life he denied his blindness by calling for more and more candles."

Life, Women, Blindness

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"He was so tenacious he defied the distraction of women by refusing to have them in his presence, just as later in life he denied his blindness by calling for more and more candles."

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"I started by looking at what others had done before me. You see, over the years there have been attempts by many different people to reconstruct the chariot."

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