Pride makes us long for a solution to things – a solution, a purpose, a final cause; but the better telescopes become, the more stars appear. (Julian Barnes)

Pride makes us long for a solution to things – a solution, a purpose, a final cause; but the better telescopes become, the more stars appear.

Julian Barnes

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