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Man no longer dreams over a book in which a soft voice, a constant companion, observes, exhorts, or sighs with him through the pangs of youth and age. today he is more likely to sit before a screen and dream the mass dream which comes from outside.
-Loren Eiseley
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Man No Longer Dreams Over A Book

Loren Eiseley
Man no longer dreams over a book in which a soft voice, a constant companion, observes, exhorts, or sighs with him through the pangs of youth and age. today he is more likely to sit before a screen and dream the mass dream which comes from outside.
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