Since the Creator had made the facts of the after-life inaccessible to man, He must not have required that man understand death in order to live fruitfully. (Daniel J. Boorstin)

Since the Creator had made the facts of the after-life inaccessible to man, He must not have required that man understand death in order to live fruitfully.

Daniel J. Boorstin

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