It is not my duty as an historian to predict the future, only to observe and interpret the past. But its… — Arthur C. Clarke
It is not my duty as an historian to predict the future, only to observe and interpret the past. But its lesson is clear enough; we have lived too long out of contact with reality, and now the time has come to rebuild our lives.
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