"How embarrassing for man to be the greatest miracle on earth and to spill out his time as if it were scum! How embarrassing for man to live in the shadow of greatness and to ignore it, to be a contemporary of God and not to sense it! Religion is what man does with his ultimate embarrassment." -Abraham Joshua Heschel
“Between 1305 and the early 1800’s. the House of Taxis ran a form of pony express service all over Europe…. Its couriers clad in blue and silver uniforms, crisscrossed the continent carrying messages between princes and generals, merchants and money lenders.” –Alvin Toffler, The Third Wave We may think we are the first generation consumed by rapid communication but we are not. Throughout our history it has been a priority. Of course, now in the 21 st century we must ask: are we better or worse for it?
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