What a frightening thing is the human, a mass of gauges and dials and …

John Steinbeck
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What a frightening thing is the human, a mass of gauges and dials and registers, and we can only read a few and those perhaps not accurately. ✨ John Steinbeck (2008). The Winter of Our Discontent, p.90, Penguin
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What a frightening thing is the human, a mass of gauges and dials and registers, and we can only read a few and those perhaps not accurately. ✨ John Steinbeck (2008). The Winter of Our Discontent, p.90, Penguin

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