Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be.…

George Orwell
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Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be. ✨ George Orwell, Keith Gessen (2009). All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays, p.42, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be. ✨ George Orwell, Keith Gessen (2009). All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays, p.42, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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