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The ecclesiastical canons have approved the words, “Man shall not live by bread alone.” But like many things, written or otherwise, words are open for interpretation. Theorems thrive, strange as they may be

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The operative word in this statement is, of course, live. And there’s no denial that to attempt to live a life without bread, especially bread glazed with sugar, is not only unthinkable, it’s downright savage. Abstinence is impossible. Avoidance is more torturous than having to survive on the popular monastic diet of soggy saltines and an entree of red clay with ketchup.