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I would die happy if i knew that on my tombstone could be written these words, "this man was an absolute fool. none of the disastrous things that he reluctantly predicted ever came to pass!"
-Lewis Mumford
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I Would Die Happy If I Knew

Lewis Mumford
I would die happy if i knew that on my tombstone could be written these words, "this man was an absolute fool. none of the disastrous things that he reluctantly predicted ever came to pass!"
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