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A world compelled to good alone is as much a shrine to compulsion as a world compelled to evil only.The Twenty-first Voyage

A world compelled to good alone is as much a shrine to compulsion as a world compelled to evil only.The Twenty-first Voyage
– Stanisaw Lem

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