Cultural contamination that is directed outward is always seen as -˜enlightenment.
– David Brin
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- They finally achieve a sort of outward-facing union. – David Brooks
- When the dead betray the living, the victims are memories.–The Book of Brin – Michael J Sullivan
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- The labours of men of genius, however erroneously directed, scarcely ever fail in ultimately turning to the solid advantage of mankind. – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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