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Emotional Quote by Paul Kurtz

“Most humans feel the transcendent temptation, the emotional drive to festoon the universe with large-scale meaning.” quote by Paul Kurtz — Download Open image

“Most humans feel the transcendent temptation, the emotional drive to festoon the universe with large-scale meaning.”

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