How beautiful was the spectacle of nature not yet touched by the often…

Umberto Eco
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How beautiful was the spectacle of nature not yet touched by the often perverse wisdom of man! ✨ Umberto Eco (2014). The Name of the Rose, p.301, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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