Walker Percy :
Why is it that one can look at a lion or a planet or an owl or at someone’s finger as long as one pleases, but looking into the eyes of another person is, if prolonged past a second, a perilous affair? [citation needed]
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Plagiarism
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Love
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Leaders and Leadership
Gift it
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