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If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them how it feels… — Jacques Barzun

If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them how it feels to be alive, for life is washed in the speechless real.

Jacques Barzun
The House of Intellect · 1959
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Feeling aliveNature of lifeLife
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1959
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Jacques Barzun
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Barzun, Jacques. The House of Intellect. Harper & Brothers, 1959, ch. 6.

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