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Narada to Valmiki looking at him intently
Ramayana
“In his Experiment in Autobiography (1934), H. G. Wells pointed out that ever since the beginning of life, most creatures have been 'up against it'. Their lives are a drama of struggle against the forces of nature. Yet nowadays you can say to a man: Yes, you earn a living, you support a family, you love and hate, but -- what do you do? His real interest may be in something else -- art, science, literature, philosophy. The bird is a creature of the air, the fish is a creature of the water, and man is a creature of the mind.”
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Colin Wilson
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From Atlantis to the Sphinx
Source: From Atlantis to the Sphinx (1996), p. 346-347
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