Torturous advances won over generations can be lost by a single stroke…

David Mitchell
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Torturous advances won over generations can be lost by a single stroke of a myopic president's pen or a vainglorious general's sword. ✨ Cloud Atlas. Book by David Mitchell (p. 528), 2004.
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Torturous advances won over generations can be lost by a single stroke of a myopic president's pen or a vainglorious general's sword. ✨ Cloud Atlas. Book by David Mitchell (p. 528), 2004.

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