This Thing that Mankind Is

"O vile indignity of the human condition, O undignified condition of Man’s vileness! Look at the plants and the trees - they produce flowers, foliage, and fruit; you produce nits, lice, and tapeworms. They pour forth oil, wine, and balsam; you give off spit, urine, and dung. They breathe forth a sweet odor; you give off a dreadful stench."
- Pope Innocent III, The Misery of the Human Condition
"Man is something that shall be overcome. Man is a rope, tied between beast and overman - a rope over an abyss. What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not an end."
- Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
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The Prism of the Fold by the Seven Keys

Refer to thematic and topical boxes on right sidebar. The "Black Snake," by Mark Catesby.