If Time is the Eiffle Tower, Then Man is the Paint on the Top
Man has been here 32,000 years. That it took a hundred million years to prepare the world for him is proof that that is what it was done for. I suppose it is, I dunno. If The Eiffel Tower were now to represent the world's age, the skin of paint on the pinnacle knob at its summit would represent man's share of that age; and anybody would perceive that the skin was what the tower was built for. I reckon they would, I dunno.
Mark Twain, What Is Man? and Other Writings (2006-11-30)
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And would we assume the paint was the purpose of the tower?
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