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It is as eager to return the souls entrusted to it from the beginning of the world as a woman is to end her labor pains.
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When that happens, you will have the answer to all your questions."
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"Please, sir," I asked, "if you think I am able to understand it, can you
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tell me one more thing? Is the time that is still to come longer than the past that has already gone by?
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I know how long the past has been, but I don't know the future."