How do we submit? By not being radical enough. Or by not being thoroug…

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How do we submit? By not being radical enough. Or by not being thorough enough, which is the same thing. ✨ Wendell Berry (2006). The Way of Ignorance: And Other Essays, p.21, Counterpoint Press
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How do we submit? By not being radical enough. Or by not being thorough enough, which is the same thing. ✨ Wendell Berry (2006). The Way of Ignorance: And Other Essays, p.21, Counterpoint Press

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