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minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·5 days agoMy great-grandfather died from black lung. But his descendants mostly took that as a life lesson. And the lesson was to find almost any other vocation, not some kind of moral duty to follow in his footsteps, or push others to do so.
My great-grandfather died from black lung.
But his descendants mostly took that as a life lesson. And the lesson was to find almost any other vocation, not some kind of moral duty to follow in his footsteps, or push others to do so.