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Chan-Seung Lee

Joined: 03 Dec 2005
Posts: 1032

Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:13 pm Post subject: dash1

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Each person is born to one possession more valuable than all his others - his last breath.

What does it mean? Can you paraphrase it for me?

Thanks.

Suzanne

Joined: 21 Apr 2008
Posts: 283
Location: Seattle, WA, USA

Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:26 pm Post subject:

Hello!

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Each person is born to one possession more valuable than all his others - his last breath.

This is a fancy way of saying we are all going to die. Life is precious, and we may not realize it until we are literally taking our last breath.

The author is saying that our final breath, which is our last moment on earth, is the one thing we keep until the end. That's why the author calls it a "possession."

Does that make sense?

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