"Out yonder there was this huge world, which exists independently of us human beings and which stands before us like a great, eternal riddle, at least partially accessible to our inspection and thinking. The contemplation of this world beckoned like a liberation…"
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gub~gub feeling great at GMT-8,
Sun 26 Apr 2020, 21:04,
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"The road to this paradise was not as comfortable and alluring as the road to the religious paradise; but it has shown itself reliable, and I have never regretted having chosen it."
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LS18,
Sun 26 Apr 2020, 21:31,
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