"Naturalism aimed at giving the primitive wishes full……" — John Desmond Bernal
"Naturalism aimed at giving the primitive wishes full play but failed because these wishes are too primitive, too infantile, too inconsistent with themselves to be satisfied even by the greatest license."
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John Desmond Bernal
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36 Quotes by John Desmond Bernal
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