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But there is no saying how events in one place may affect what happens elsewhere, for the tapestry of history is woven of many threads. We needs must study the whole warp and weft of it to predict the pattern on the loom.”
Surely if we knew what bitterness fate held in store, we would shrink back in fear and let the cup of life pass us by untasted.
It is a fine line, in all of us, between civilization and savagery. To any who think they would never cross it, I can only say, if you have never known what it is to be utterly betrayed and abandoned, you cannot know how close it is.
Pain redeems all. It is the awareness of life, a reminder of death.
