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Myth

"As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world -- that is the myth of the atomic age -- as in being able to remake ourselves." Mahatma Gandhi

“A ritual is nothing but the dramatic, visual, active manifestation of a myth.” Joseph Campbell

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