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The Man Who Sold the Scroll
Opening: A Car, a Feed, and a Man in Pajamas
A car is not a saintly object.
It pollutes. It breaks down. It costs too much. It turns ordinary men into philosophers of parking. It gives suburban fathers an excuse to say things like “torque” while standing in driveways. And Henry Ford himself was, to put it with maximum charity, not exactly a walking retreat center of moral enlightenment.
Still, the car does something.
It takes a nurse to work. It takes groceries home. It takes children to school. It carries tools, luggage, medicine, grandmothers, dogs, plumbers, arguments, prayers, and the…
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