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After all, the world is not our handiwork, and we are not responsible for what goes on in it, save within very narrow limits.
-H. L. Mencken
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After All, The World Is Not Our

H. L. Mencken
After all, the world is not our handiwork, and we are not responsible for what goes on in it, save within very narrow limits.
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