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"It is impossible to pretend that you are not heir to, and therefore, however inadequately or unwillingly, responsible to, and for, the time and place that give you life -- without becoming, at very best, a dangerously disoriented human being."
"I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire. [I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heir.]"
"Time is my estate: to Time I'm heir."
