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Not really, no. Oh sure, there are new things, like computers and jets; but Solomon was not thinking of exterior things. He was thinking about the arcs of our lives.

Aren’t we all children at one time who go to school? Don’t we all grow up and get married and have children of our own and jobs we think are important? Aren’t we all interested in making our homes comfy? Don’t we all have our favorite sports teams and political parties?

Is there anything new in all this? We can hear Rosalind speaking as clearly to us today as the bright young girl who lives next door. We can empathize with Diomedes when he says the war he fought with such great success did not lead to the happiness he was seeking.

Their old stories are just like our stories because, no, there is nothing really new. There is only the perpetual return and the sense of weariness it can produce in the soul.