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Civilization must be preserved,' says he.'Civilization's doing fine,' I said. 'We just don't happen to be where it is.

Civilization must be preserved,’ says he.’Civilization’s doing fine,’ I said. ‘We just don’t happen to be where it is.
– Joanna Russ

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