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Once we worshipped our ancestors, now we worship our descendants
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THE other day, I rented a box in a bank safe-deposit vault.
This seemed a rational act. There must be a better way of keeping a
Victorian gold watch, a cameo ring and some cufflinks than stuffing
them into the toe of a grey woollen sock underneath some shoes in a
cupboard. Nothing, however, had prepared me for the ancient,
funereal majesty of the vault.
The custodian greeted me gravely. To reach him, I had descended
into a cellar and then passed through a sort of air-lock chamber,
with...
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