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“— nothing in the history of mankind is ever repeated, things that at first glance seem the same are scarcely even similar; each individual is a star unto himself, everything happens always and never, all things repeat themselves ad infinitum yet are unique.”

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Book:The Encyclopedia of the Dead
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The Encyclopedia of the Dead

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