Carolina QuotesWhy is there such a gap between nonspeaking animals and speaking man, when there is no other such gap in nature? Is it possible that a theory of man is nothing more nor less than a theory of the speaking creatures?
Walker Percy Connected to the Carolinas
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- The Message in the Bottle (1975)
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- 1975
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