Quote: food is what sustains everything; atoms are drawn to like until decay, blows, and lack of food brings all to ruin

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[II.1111] The atoms that compose // Each substance … what's the same. // Water adds to water, … brings each // To the zenith of its … That stage where no more can be added … And Nature checks the reins of growth and … [p. 70, II.1131] Then from that moment … Age breaks down the oak-strength and the vigor … the supply of nutrients [is not] sufficient to restore … things pass away, seeing how they become // … with age, the food supply will fail // … decay. Indeed, the ramparts of the mighty world, … For it is food that has to remake … Everything. Yet it is a lost cause, because … required for anything to abide.   Google-1   Google-2

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