"Les idées dévorent les siècles comme les hommes sont dévorés par leurs passions. Quand l'homme sera guéri, l'humanité se guérira peut-être."
— Honoré de Balzac

January 1, 1970

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Ideas consume the ages as passions consume men. When man is cured, humanity may possibly cure itself. — Ch. V: The Alchemists