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I would rather be ashes than dust. I would rather my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than be stifled by dry rot.  I would rather be a superb meteor, every atomic me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy, permanent, planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist.
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I would rather be ashes than dust. I would rather my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than be stifled by dry rot.  I would rather be a superb meteor, every atomic me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy, permanent, planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist.

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