What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.
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All finite things reveal infinitude The mountain with its singular bright shade Like the blue shine on freshly frozen snow, The afterlight upon iceburdened pines Odor of basswood upon a mountain slope, A scene beloved of bees Silence of water above a sunken tree The pure serene of memory of one man, A ripple widening from a single stone Winding around the waters of the world.
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The following are empty synonyms:
man and beast
love and hate
friend and foe
darkness and light.
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