"Primroses and landscapes, he pointed out, have one……" — Aldous Huxley

"Primroses and landscapes, he pointed out, have one grave defect: they are gratuitous. A love of nature keeps no factories busy. It was decided to abolish the love of nature, at any rate among the lower classes. . . . it was essential that they should keep on going to the country, even though they hated it."

— Aldous Huxley

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