Carolina QuotesIt often happens that reforms merely have the effect of transferring the undesirable tendencies of individuals from one channel to another channel. An old outlet for some particular wickedness is closed; but a new outlet is opened. The wickedness is not abolished; it is merely provided with a different set of opportunities for self-expression.
Aldous Huxley Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Ch. 3, p. 20 [2012 reprint]
- work
- Ends and Means (1937)
- year
- 1937
- locator
- p. 20
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