"Over and over our plans foundered on human nature. On the mediocrity of human nature that betrays its better… — Robert S. Stone

"Over and over our plans foundered on human nature. On the mediocrity of human nature that betrays its better self, its best ideals, that is unworthy of itself everywhere.

"Shocking, the mediocrity of everything - is it not?"

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