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O Guarani 21.55 · 21.55

What does this chain mean?

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Com efeito, o que exprime essa cadeia que liga os dois extremos de tudo o que constitui a vida? Que quer dizer a força no ápice do poder aliada à fraqueza em todo o seu mimo; a beleza e a graça sucedendo aos dramas terríveis e aos monstros repulsivos; a morte horrível a par da vida brilhante?

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Indeed, what does that chain express which links the two extremes of all that makes up life? What does it mean that force at the summit of power should be allied to weakness in all its tenderness; beauty and grace succeeding terrible dramas and repulsive monsters; horrible death beside brilliant life?

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