People
Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
— Don Marquis
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Marquis twists the familiar line about the meek inheriting the earth into something wry and pitying instead of comforting. The joke suggests that inheriting the earth isn't necessarily a reward, that gentleness might just mean getting stuck managing a mess nobody else wanted.
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