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183 false prophet Ruth Kessler The heart we consider a false prophet, unreliable teacher, even when it teaches us things beyond anything we have ever dared dream. So we follow the Other, swear allegiance to a flag foreign to us, a leader who is bound to betray us, like all the rest. It’s like that: when handed a sunlight— sun and light, hope and grace, a key to promises we cannot even pronounce— we always deflect the ray. That story, you know: we lock horns with Fate, then atone for mistakes for the rest of our life. ...

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