The feudal concept of self-preservation is poisoned at the core by the virulent assumption of master and man, of potentate and slave, of external and internal suppression of the life urge of the only one – of its faith in human sacrifice as a means of salvation.
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Words are most malignant, the most treacherous possession of mankind. They are saturated with the sorrows of all time.
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In the history of mankind there are recorded two great Inversions. The first, set forth by the Nazarene to the effect that love is a greater power and more real than vengeance. The second proclaimed the earth to be a sphere revolving in its course around the sun. These affirmations were made in the face of all evidence sacred to the contrary.
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If with open mind one reads and observes industriously and long; if in so doing one covers a wide field and so covering reflects in terms of realism, he is likely, soon or late, to be brought to a sudden consciousness that Man is an unknown quantity and his existence unsuspected.
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Man shall find his anchorage in self-recognition.
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Birth: | 3rd September, 1856 |
Death: | 14th April, 1924 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Architect, Creator, Critic |
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