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By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well. This is to me is a miracle.

By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well. This is to me is a miracle.
– Kurt Vonnegut Jr

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