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«The life of man is a long march through the night, surrounded by invisible foes, tortured by weariness and pain, towards a goal that few can hope to reach, and where none may tarry long.»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
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Long March, surrounded, tarry, weariness
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