I was struck by an awful thought, the kind that cannot be taken back once it escapes into the open air of consciousness; it seemed to me that this was not a place you go to live. It was a place you go to die.
when man was put into the garden of eden, he was put there with the idea that he should work the land; and this proves that man was not born to be idle.
Candide
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when man was put into the garden of eden, he was put there with the idea that he should work the land; and this proves that man was not born to be idle.
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