“To such men the desperate and horrible thought has come that
\nperhaps the whole of human life is but a bad joke, a violent and
\nill-fated abortion of the primal mother, a savage and dismal
\ncatastrophy of nature.
\nTo them too, however, the other thought has come that man is
\nperhaps not merely a half rational animal, but a child of the
\ngods and destined for immortality.”
\n “Steppenwolf”, Herman Hesse.
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