Carolina Quotes[H]istory is — the record of what human beings have been impelled to do by their ignorance and the enormous bumptiousness that makes them canonize their ignorance as a political or religious dogma.
Aldous Huxley Connected to the Carolinas
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Ch. 8
- work
- Island (1962)
- year
- 1962
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“[H]istory is — the record of what human beings have been imp…” Aldous Huxley. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-B3220460FF. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/b3220460ff
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