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Above and below the heavens,
we are blind, deaf and dumb,
beyond all reach of contrivance.
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How ludicrous and disheartening!
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The man with the sharpest eye
misses the jewel on the ocean-bed.
The man with the keenest ear
does not recognise the unplayed symphony.
The man with the most eloquent tongue
cannot expound the great mystery.
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What life compares with sitting by a window?
Here, we watch leaves fall and flowers bloom…
Seeing not-seeing.
Hearing not-hearing.
Preaching not-preaching.
When hungry we eat, when tired we sleep.
Let the leaves fall, let the flowers bloom…
Autumn we know and Spring too.
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Do you understand?
An iron-bar without a hole.
France & Vincent 
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