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The first man . . . ventured to call food and nourishment the parts that had a little before bellowed and cried, moved and lived. how could his eyes endure the slaughter when throats were slit and hides flayed and limbs torn from limb? how could his nose endure the stench? how was it that the pollution did not turn away his taste, which made contact with the sores of others and sucked juices and serums from mortal wounds?
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The First Man . . . Ventured

Plutarch
The first man . . . ventured to call food and nourishment the parts that had a little before bellowed and cried, moved and lived. how could his eyes endure the slaughter when throats were slit and hides flayed and limbs torn from limb? how could his nose endure the stench? how was it that the pollution did not turn away his taste, which made contact with the sores of others and sucked juices and serums from mortal wounds?
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