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Is civilization only a higher form of idolatry, that man should bo

Is civilization only a higher form of idolatry, that man should bow down to a flesh-brush, to flannels, to baths, diet, exercise, and air? – Mary Baker Eddy

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Is man’s civilization only a wrappage, through which the savage nature of him can still burst, infernal as ever? – Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution, vol III, book V, chapter 7

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The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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