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I do not value any view of the universe into which man and the institutions of man enter very largely and absorb much of the attention. Man is but the place where I stand, and the prospect hence is infinite. – Henry David Thoreau, journal, 1852 April 2nd

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Why was man created on the last day? So that he can be told, when pride possesses him: God created the gnat before thee. – The Talmud

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