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The past is not dead. Indeed, it is often not even past.

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Will Durant
Age: 96 †
Born: 1885
Born: November 5
Died: 1981
Died: November 7
Historian
Philosopher
Writer
North Adams
Massachusetts
William James Will Durant
William James Durant
Indeed
Dead
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Underneath all civilization, ancient or modern, moved and still moves a sea of magic, superstition, and sorcery. Perhaps they will remain when the works of our reason have passed away.
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Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.
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The ego is willing but the machine cannot go on. It's the last thing a man will admit, that his mind ages.
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