WHY are ears of corn produced, if it be not to
ripen? and why do they ripen, if not to be
reaped? For they are not separate individuals.
If they were capable of sense, do you think they
would wish never to be reaped? It would be a curse
upon ears of corn not to be reaped: and we ought
to know, that it would be a curse upon man not
to die; like that of not ripening, and not being
reaped. Since, then, it is necessary for us to be
reaped, and we have, at the same time, understanding
to know it, are we angry at it?
EPICTETUS. DISCOURSES. Book ii. §6. ¶2.
"Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit." RSV, John 12:24
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