Carolina QuotesAt this point we find ourselves confronted by a very disquieting question: Do we really wish to act upon our knowledge?
Aldous Huxley Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Chapter 12 (p. 116)
- work
- Brave New World Revisited (1958)
- year
- 1958
- locator
- p. 116
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