Gary InbinderTears streamed down her wrinkled face. This world that she had longed to change for the better was as bad as the one into which she had been born. "An exercise in futility, " she murmured.
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"Tears streamed down her wrinkled face. This world that she had longed to change for the better was as bad as the one into which she had been born. "An exercise in futility," she murmured." is a phrase used to describe a futile attempt to make the world a better place. In this case, the phrase is referring to someone’s attempts to make their own life better, without working together with others. The fact that this phrase is used by a woman who lived a long time ago makes it even more powerful because of its capacity to bring home the idea that we should all work together to create a better world.
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