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What did Gilgamesh eventually realize at the end of the story?

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Gilgamesh went on his journey to find out the secret of immortality, and now's he found it: only two human beings have been granted immortality (Utanapishtim and his wife), and Gilgamesh isn't one of them. In other words, he'd better learn to live with the knowledge that he will die.

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Gilgamesh went on his journey to find out the secret of immortality, and now's he found it: only two human beings have been granted immortality (Utanapishtim and his wife), and Gilgamesh isn't one of them. In other words, he'd better learn to live with the knowledge that he will die.

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