(urth) Fw: Re: (no subject)

brunians at brunians.org brunians at brunians.org
Wed May 20 15:21:48 PDT 2009


Nope.

There are more living people.

Dead people are not.



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> On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 6:12 PM,  <brunians at brunians.org> wrote:
>> Are there more dead people or living people?
>
> "There is no category of human activity in which the dead do not
> outnumber the living many times over. Most beautiful children are
> dead. Most soldiers, most cowards. The fairest women and the most
> learned men—all are dead…Who can say how intently they listen as we
> speak, or for what word?"
>
> (Severian, _Citadel of the Autarch_)
>
> --
> gwern
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