RESULT OF NO HOPE
The Wolf Magazine of Letters includes this quotation which was written by the noted agnostic Robert G. Ingersoll to his brother: “I feel that we have passed the crown of the hill, and that the milestones are getting nearer and nearer each other, and now and then I catch glimpses of the great wall where the road ends. A little while ago, I pressed forward, now I hold back. In youth we woo the future, and clasp her like a bride — in age we denounce her as a fair and beautiful liar and wonder at the ease with which we were duped. Pursuing that which eludes – gazing at that which fades – hoping for the impossible – regretting that which is – fearing that which must be – and with naught worth having save the bliss of love. And in the red heart of this white flower there is this pang – ‘it cannot last.'”
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