"Was man made stupid to see his own stupidity? Is God by definition indifferent, beyond us all? Is the eternal truth man's fighting soul Wherein the Beast ravens in its own avidity?"
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Richard Eberhart
Richard Ghormley Eberhart (April 5, 1904 – June 9, 2005) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American poet.
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