What have we to offer the world beside the superabundant loot which we…

Henry Miller
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What have we to offer the world beside the superabundant loot which we recklessly plunder from the earth under the maniacal delusion that this insane activity represents progress and enlightenment? ✨ Henry Miller (1970). The Air-Conditioned Nightmare, p.20, New Directions Publishing
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What have we to offer the world beside the superabundant loot which we recklessly plunder from the earth under the maniacal delusion that this insane activity represents progress and enlightenment? ✨ Henry Miller (1970). The Air-Conditioned Nightmare, p.20, New Directions Publishing

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