Because what you are doing for a living is attempting to chronicle the human experience.

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"Indeed you are more, for you are also living memorials to your friends and colleagues and this morning we thank you for what you did, " the Archdeacon said.

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There are other reasons for feeling disconnected from what you do for a living.

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