Bob's Grabbag: The Fact of Life

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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

The Fact of Life

An African proverb has it that Each time a person dies, A library burns down. The Holocaust, tsunamis, nine-eleven, Port au Prince, the beach at Normandy - They're gone. Those faces, skills, names and attachments, jokes and possibilities - All vanished. Friend, unless you see that clear and let your... Sign in to see full entry.

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