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No one has loved or hated
in vain.
Those who were far away
were loved,
and those who were too near,
hated.
It is easy to understand this
Since you could never accept yourself
in spite of your great imagination
and the landscapes.

But love and hatred
identification and rejection
have failed.
Now only a surpassing that does not reject but destroys
is possible

Does not love
but builds.

Does not challenge
but struggles.

Does not embrace
but goes right through.
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