‘I have no sympathy for you. The books you stored away may be hoary with age, but they were written by children of the world, and they’ll be taken from you by children of the world, and you had no business meddling with them in the first place.’ ‘Ah, now you care to prophesy!’ ‘Not at all. “Soon the sun will set” – is that prophecy? No, it’s merely an assertion of faith in the consistency of events. The children of the world are consistent too – so I say they will soak up everything you can offer, take your job away from you, and then denounce you as a decrepit wreck. Finally, they’ll ignore
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