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"The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing but the dim outlines of an old and worried face."

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"When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed, do you pause to dwell on the amount of love and treasure and patience parents poured into bodies no longer suitable for open caskets?"
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