If Providence were to watch over all of us,” said Cruso, “who would be left to pick the cotton and cut the… — J. M. Coetzee
If Providence were to watch over all of us,” said Cruso, “who would be left to pick the cotton and cut the sugar cane? For the business of the world to prosper, Providence must sometimes wake and sometimes sleep, as lower creatures do.”
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