It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness, to think th…

E. M. Forster
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It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness, to think that a thousand square miles are a thousand times more wonderful than one square mile, and that a million square miles are almost the same as heaven. ✨ E.M. Forster (2015). Howard's End, p.28, Xist Publishing
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