Death on a battlefield, atop a horse riding towards the left, wearing a hat with many feathers, other figures of Death battling to left and right in the background, by Stefano della Bell

Humanity’s greatest feat of rationality lies in the explanations we use to grapple with our own mortality.

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The Caged Bird Sings

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1951 | Wales

Protest Song

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Living at Life’s Expense

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c. 1600 | Denmark

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Lapham’s Quarterly

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By John Crowley

8 | Tomis

Don’t Look Back

1390 | Japan

Walking in Circles

Tales of the Crypts

c. 1360 | Shiraz

The Caged Bird Sings

1927 | Charlestown, MA

The Day Will Come

1951 | Wales

Protest Song

c. 1573 | Aquitaine

Living at Life’s Expense

c. 1600 | Denmark

Finite Jest

1623 | London

Involved in Mankind

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8 | Tomis

1390 | Japan

c. 1360 | Shiraz

1927 | Charlestown, MA

1951 | Wales

c. 1573 | Aquitaine

c. 1600 | Denmark

1623 | London

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