I would die happy if I knew that on my tombstone could be written thes…

Lewis Mumford
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I would die happy if I knew that on my tombstone could be written these words, This man was an absolute fool. None of the disastrous things that he reluctantly predicted ever came to pass! ✨ Lewis Mumford (1979). My works and days: a personal chronicle, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
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I would die happy if I knew that on my tombstone could be written these words, This man was an absolute fool. None of the disastrous things that he reluctantly predicted ever came to pass! ✨ Lewis Mumford (1979). My works and days: a personal chronicle, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P

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