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— Norman O. Brown"History is the enactment of ritual on a permanent and universal stage; and its perpetual commemoration."
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MONUMENT, n. A structure intended to commemorate something which either needs no commemoration or cannot be commemorated.
— Ambrose Bierce
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As individuals die every moment, how insensitive and fabricated a love it is to set aside a day from selfish routine in prideful, patriotic commemoration of tragedy. Just as God is provoked by those who tithe simply because they feel that they must tithe, I am provoked by those who commemorate simply because they feel that they must commemorate.
— Criss Jami
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