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The Reapers Are The Angels

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I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, Tis all barren and so it is; and so is all the world to him who will not cultivate the fruits it offers. I declare, said I, clapping my hands chearily together, that was I in a desert, I would find out wherewith in it to call forth my affections If I could not do better, I would fasten them upon some sweet myrtle, or seek some melancholy cypress to connect myself to I would court their shade, and greet them kindly for their protection I would cut my name upon them, and swear they were the loveliest trees throughout the desert: if their leaves withered, I would teach myself to mourn, and when they rejoiced, I would rejoice along with them.

Laurence Sterne,

A Sentimental Journey

Contents

Part One

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

Six

Seven

Part Two

Eight

Nine

Ten

Eleven

Twelve

Part Three

Thirteen

Fourteen

Fifteen

Sixteen

Part One

One

GOD IS a slick god. Temple knows. She knows because of all the crackerjack miracles still to be seen on this ruined globe.