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We can't control who is a legend or a hero anymore than we can control who isn't. Try removing a legend, for example. It doesn't work. This is why there is no "last of the legends." Down the road, legends will be maintained. Bill Gates, for example, is a good candidate. In 100 or 200 years, they will look at that guy like they currently do Andrew Carnegie. (Who, I might add, should be considered one of the top American legends for various reasons.)
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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