Pity the nation that is full of beliefs and empty of religion. Pity the nation that wears a cloth it does not weave, eats a bread it does not harvest, and drinks a wine that flows not from its own winepress.
~Gibran Khalil Gibran

Chapters!

Note: I'm mainly counting the number of words only to keep track for myself, and to know when I've got to "PhD proportions" 🤓 But it may also give the reader some ideas of what investment of time is needed to read each post 🥴