In the words of Phil Ochs:

It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles.

The reward is the act of struggle itself.

Not what you win.

Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world....

You must make that attempt.

That's morality. That's religion.

That's art. That's life.

- Phil Ochs

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Song: "There But For Fortune"
written by Phil Ochs / sung by Joan Baez