occupies
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For tribal man, space was the uncontrollable mystery. For technological man it is time that occupies the same role.
Most men resemble great deserted palaces: the owner occupies only a few rooms and has closed off wings where he never ventures.
We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him.
Man is the result of slow growth; that is why he occupies the position he does in animal life. What does a pup amount to that has gained its growth in a few days or weeks, beside a man who only attains it in as many years.
We humans appear on the cosmic calendar so recently that our recorded history occupies only the last few seconds of the last minute of December 31st.
If you wish to know what most occupies a man's thoughts, you have only to listen to his conversation.