{"id":3895,"date":"2011-03-04T05:18:34","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T05:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2011\/03\/04\/in-life-man-proposes-god-disposes\/"},"modified":"2011-03-04T05:18:34","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T05:18:34","slug":"in-life-man-proposes-god-disposes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/03\/04\/in-life-man-proposes-god-disposes\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>In life, man proposes, God disposes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class='attribution'>Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception 1963<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In life, man proposes, God disposes. 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