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Thus the sum Forever is replenished, and we live As mortals by eternal give and take. The nations wax, the nations wane away In a brief space the generations pass, And like to runners hand the lamp of life One unto other.
Lucretius
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Titus Lucretius Carus
Titus Carus Lucretius
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