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For we must be crucified by larger and yet larger men, between greater earths and greater heavens.
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The quote imagines people being crucified between realities that keep becoming larger: “larger men,” “greater earths,” and “greater heavens.” It presents human beings as small and exposed within an ever-expanding order. The word “must” gives this image a sense of unavoidable suffering or submission to forces greater than themselves.
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