No culture has yet solved the dilemma each has faced with the growth o…

Barry Lopez
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No culture has yet solved the dilemma each has faced with the growth of a conscious mind: how to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in all life, when one finds darkness not only in one’s own culture but within oneself. ✨ Barry Lopez (2013). Arctic Dreams, p.529, Open Road Media
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