Felix Adler (1851–1933) German American professor of political and social ethics, rationalist, and lecturer
Life and Destiny (1913)
“These are our few live seasons. Let us live them as purely as we can, in the present.”
— Annie Dillard, book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Source: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
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