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[wokig]

Insofar as they bear witness to an early culture, we might rather admire these primitives for whom the eagerness to be human and the horror of nature have such force. We look down on them from our sanitary installations, and we give ourselves the impression of an unassailable purity. We are quick to overlook an immense rubbish heap, the grossness

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[pretty_as_kuja]

I have to ask... is this from a work of fiction? I don't doubt it would have its place in nonfiction, though. Fascinating quote all the same.

[pretty_as_kuja]

...Never mind; I forgot I had a Google search box in the corner. Silly me.

Very interesting material.