Aboriginal Quote by Mary Hunter Austin

“Genius . . . arises in the natural, aboriginal concern for the conscious unity of all phenomena.”

Mary Hunter Austin

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Aboriginal Arise Concern Conscious Genius Intelligence Natural Nature Unity

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