Death is not something like archery or music, which are skills that can be attained To use the word "mastery" in this context is to imply exactly that. Mastery applies to skills that can be attained. If it is not used in that meaning, then it is used misleadingly. Tell me about one thing, one bit of potential, one quality that mankind hasn't exploited and abused No, my dear - you tell me of one thing, one bit of potential, one quality, that this same mankind has not used to the height of possible excellence. To run down "mankind" as if you did not belong to it is both cheap and fraudulent - you seem to forget that saints and heroes are as common as villains and crminals.
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To use the word "mastery" in this context is to imply exactly that. Mastery applies to skills that can be attained. If it is not used in that meaning, then it is used misleadingly.
Tell me about one thing, one bit of potential, one quality that mankind hasn't exploited and abused
No, my dear - you tell me of one thing, one bit of potential, one quality, that this same mankind has not used to the height of possible excellence. To run down "mankind" as if you did not belong to it is both cheap and fraudulent - you seem to forget that saints and heroes are as common as villains and crminals.