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I Don__ Know whether lust is a human coarseness or a human fineness: I don__ know why death holds a so sweet lure since it would take away my Body: I don__ know that I wouldn__ deny my Christ, if I had one, three times before a given cockcrow: I don__ know on the other hand that I would: I don__ know whether honor is a reality in human beings or a pose: I don__ know that I mayn__ be able to think with my Body when it is in its coffin.
Mary MacLane I, Mary MacLane: A Diary of Human Days
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I Don__ Know whether lust is a human coarseness or a human fineness: I don__ know why death holds a so sweet lure since it would take away my Body: I don__ know that I wouldn__ deny my Christ, if I had one, three times before a given cockcrow: I don__ know on the other hand that I would: I don__ know whether honor is a reality in human beings or a pose: I don__ know that I mayn__ be able to think with my Body when it is in its coffin.
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