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The Privilege Of Absurdity; To Which No Living Creature Is Subject, But Man Only.

I Am About To Take My Last Voyage, A Great Leap In The Dark.

The Source Of Every Crime, Is Some Defect Of The Understanding; Or Some Error In Reasoning; Or Some Sudden Force Of The Passions. Defect In The Understanding Is Ignorance; In Reasoning, Erroneous Opinion.

The Object Of Man's Desire Is Not To Enjoy Once Only, And For One Instant Of Time; But To Assure For Ever, The Way Of His Future Desires.

And Where Men Build On False Grounds, The More They Build, The Greater Is The Ruine