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Michael
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“[B]y the next summer the recollection of the great flood had begun to pass into the memory of the older men, … , while the younger people sat singing and talking on the smooth stone ‘kapia’ over the water which flowed far below them and accompanied their songs with its murmurings. Forgetfulness heals everything and somg is the most beautiful manner of forgetting, for in song man feels only what he loves.”
— Jan 10, 2024 03:15PM
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Michael
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“When the angels saw how unfortunate men could not pass those abysses and ravines to finish the work they had to do, but tormented themselves and looked in vain and shouted from one side to the other, they spread their wings above thise places and men were able to cross. So men learned from the angels of God how to build bridges, and therefore, after fountains, the greatest blessing is to build a bridge[.]”
— Jan 15, 2024 11:28AM
Michael
is on page 71 of 314
“[The bridge] too grew old naturally, but on a scale of time that was much greater not only than the span of human existence but also than the passing of a whole series of generations, so that its ageing could not be seen by human eye. Its life, though mortal in itself, resembled eternity for its end could not be perceived.”
— Jan 08, 2024 01:53PM
