They have accepted the burden of eternal life. They have taken the agony from birth; and their life does not fail them even in the hour of their destruction. (George Bernard Shaw)

They have accepted the burden of eternal life. They have taken the agony from birth; and their life does not fail them even in the hour of their destruction.

George Bernard Shaw

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