AsLeibnitzoncesaid, “Eachbodyfeelsallthatpassesintheuniverse, sothathewhoseesallmayreadineachthatwhichpasseseverywhereelse, andeventhatwhichhasbeenandshallbe, discerninginthepresentthatwhichisremovedintimeaswellasinspace.” Wedonotseeall, buteverythingisthere, , andtheworkoftheDakotafarmer,theCaliforniafruitgrower, , andeveryonewhohasinfluencedhim—fromSocrates, Plato, andConfuciusdowntohisparishpreacherandhisnurserygoverness—, andtheworkofnumberlessartistsandentertainers, livingorlongdead, renownedornameless, sublimeorvulgar, .
Fourteencenturiesagoamanwroteanessayon “TheDestructibilityoftheSoul” whichwasconsideredsosacrilegiousthathisEmperorordered70greatscholarstorefuteitanditwasrefuted.But500yearslaterahistorianrecordedasummaryofthissacrilegiousessayinhisgreathistory.Andanother900yearspassed.Thenalittleboyof11chanceduponthisbriefsummaryof35words, andthese35words, afterbeingburiedfor1，400years, suddenlybecamealiveandarelivinginhimandthroughhiminthelivesofthousandsofmenandwomen.
, butIwasamusedbyhispeculiarpronunciationofthevowelo， , butsomehowhispronunciationofthevowelohasstuckbymealltheseyearsandisprobablynowonthetongueofhundredsofmystudentswithoutanyone’.
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