It is enough to know, too much to see
_ The life of the worlds is a roaring river, but Earth__ is a pond and a backwater._ The sign of doom is written on your brows _ how long will ye kick against the pin-pricks?_ But there is one conquest and one crown, one redemption and one solution._ Know yourselves _ be infertile and let the earth be silent after ye.
The Last Messiah
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_ The life of the worlds is a roaring river, but Earth__ is a pond and a backwater._ The sign of doom is written on your brows _ how long will ye kick against the pin-pricks?_ But there is one conquest and one crown, one redemption and one solution._ Know yourselves _ be infertile and let the earth be silent after ye.
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