There's something--For many of us, there's something horrifying about the thought that something as amazing as us, as exalted and valuable as us, could end up something as lowly and unimportant as a piece of rotting flesh.

有一些，对我们许多人来说，这个了不起如我们的事物,尊贵有价值如我们的事物，最后以一堆腐肉结尾的想法是可怕的。

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Meanwhile, behaviors Christians find appalling are exalted by a nihilistic popular culture.

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Depending on your point of view, the late sixties was either an exalted or a terrifying time to turn an eye to the horizon of popular art.

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Like many of those who retired early, he finds himself back at work in a less exalted role.

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