Never have I been so much alone - I tried to think of my knowledge, but it was a squirrel's heap of winter nuts. There was no strength in my knowledge any more and I felt small and naked as a new-hatched bird - alone upon the great river, the servant of the gods. (Stephen Vincent Benét)

Never have I been so much alone - I tried to think of my knowledge, but it was a squirrel's heap of winter nuts. There was no strength in my knowledge any more and I felt small and naked as a new-hatched bird - alone upon the great river, the servant of the gods.

Stephen Vincent Benét

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