Jacob

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Every man is a suffering-machine and a happiness-machine combined. The two functions work together harmoniously, with a fine and delicate precision, on the give-and-take principle.
Jacob
Interesting thought. Machine implies production - does mankind produce suffering and happiness within himself? Maybe. Certainly in the world he does. But this places all the burden of guilt on the choices of man, specifically excluding his sinful, flesh.
The Mysterious Stranger
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