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We seem wired to grieve with greenery. Allowing the dead to dissolve into the earth, to become part of the cycle of the seasons, has, for millennia, held the promise of cheating mortality.
Simon Schama
Simon Schama
Simon Schama
Born: Feb 13, 1945

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Cheating, Become, Dissolve, Earth, Promise, Seem, Wired, Allowing, Part, Mortality, Dead, Grieve, Held, Cycle, Seasons, Millennia

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