Carolina QuotesOne of the many reasons for the bewildering and tragic character of human existence is the fact that social organization is at once necessary and fatal. Men are forever creating such organizations for their own convenience and forever finding themselves the victims of their home-made monsters.
Aldous Huxley Connected to the Carolinas
Source
"Variations on a Philosopher", § 2
- work
- Themes and Variations (1950)
- year
- 1950
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