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" The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to us and which touches us so profoundly that we must have lost all feeling to be indifferent about it. "

Blaise Pascal

Feeling

Great

Lost

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Hateful

Self

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Charm

Fame

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Some

Who

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Spaces

Infinite