"In that wide struggle which we call Progress,……" — James Stephens
"In that wide struggle which we call Progress, evil is always the aggressor and the vanquished, and it is right that this should be so, for without its onslaughts and depredations humanity might fall to a fat slumber upon its cornsacks and die snoring."
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James Stephens
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