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Are we not wasps who spend all day in a fruitless attempt to traverse a window-pane - while the other half of the window is wide open?

Wei Wu Wei

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Wei Wu Wei
Born: 1895
Born: September 14
Philosopher
Felixstowe
Suffolk
Terence Gray
Terence James Gray
Terence James Stannus Gray
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