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O unenlightened race of humankind,

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O unenlightened race of humankind, by Omar Khayyam

O unenlightened race of humankind,
Ye are a nothing, built on empty wind!
Yea, a mere nothing, hovering in the abyss,
A void before you, and a void behind!

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