Every important cultural gesture comes down to a morality, a model for…

Hermann Hesse
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Every important cultural gesture comes down to a morality, a model for human behavior concentrated into a gesture. ✨ Hermann Hesse (2002). The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi) A Novel, p.43, Macmillan
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Every important cultural gesture comes down to a morality, a model for human behavior concentrated into a gesture. ✨ Hermann Hesse (2002). The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi) A Novel, p.43, Macmillan

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