Carolina QuotesThe indispensible is not necessarily the desirable.
Aldous Huxley Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Chapter 6 (p. 48)
- work
- Brave New World Revisited (1958)
- year
- 1958
- locator
- p. 48
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“The indispensible is not necessarily the desirable.” Aldous Huxley. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-9911B7821F. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/9911b7821f
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