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I am weary of this notion of faithfulness to a point of view at all cost. Life around us is ever changing, and I believe that one should try to change one__ slant accordingly__t least once every ten years. The great heroic devotion to one point of view is very alien to me__t__ a lack of humility. Mayakovsky killed himself because his pride would not be reconciled with something new happening within himself__r around him.
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I am weary of this notion of faithfulness to a point of view at all cost. Life around us is ever changing, and I believe that one should try to change one__ slant accordingly__t least once every ten years. The great heroic devotion to one point of view is very alien to me__t__ a lack of humility. Mayakovsky killed himself because his pride would not be reconciled with something new happening within himself__r around him.

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