Injustice in this world is not something comparative; the wrong is dee…

George Santayana
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Injustice in this world is not something comparative; the wrong is deep, clear, and absolute in each private fate. ✨ George Santayana (2015). The Life of Reason: Human Understanding, p.67, 谷月社
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