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The tide of evolution carries everything before it, thoughts no less than bodies, and persons no less than nations. ✨ George Santayana (1934). Little essays drawn from the writings of George Santayana, p.106, Рипол Классик
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The tide of evolution carries everything before it, thoughts no less than bodies, and persons no less than nations. ✨ George Santayana (1934). Little essays drawn from the writings of George Santayana, p.106, Рипол Классик

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