And what if Pascal had not been savedand if those narrow hands in which we laid a crossare just he, entire, like a lifeless swallowin the dust, under the buzz of the poisonous-blue flies? And if they all, kneeling with poised palms,millions, billions of them, ended together with their illusion?I shall never agree. I will give them the crown.The human mind is splendid; lips powerful,and the summons so great it must open Paradise.
-Czesław Miłosz
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