"And then, almost everywhere, a clear and subtle illumination that lent magnificence of life and peace to death was overwhelmed in the hard glare of technology. Yet that light is always present, like the starts of noon. Man must perceive it if he is to transcend his meaninglessness, for no amount of "progress" can take its place. We have outsmarted ourselves, like greedy monkeys and now we are full of dread."
- Peter Matthiessen in The Snow Leopard
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