He saw that science had become as great a hoax as religion, that natio…

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He saw that science had become as great a hoax as religion, that nationalism was a farce, patriotism a fraud, education a form of leprosy, and that morals were for cannibals ✨ Henry Miller (1962). The Time of the Assassins: A Study of Rimbaud, p.156, New Directions Publishing
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He saw that science had become as great a hoax as religion, that nationalism was a farce, patriotism a fraud, education a form of leprosy, and that morals were for cannibals ✨ Henry Miller (1962). The Time of the Assassins: A Study of Rimbaud, p.156, New Directions Publishing

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