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Quote by Havelock Ellis
The prevalence of suicide, without doubt, is a test of height in c

The prevalence of suicide, without doubt, is a test of height in civilization; it means that the population is winding up its nervous and intellectual system to the utmost point of tension and that sometimes it snaps. – Havelock Ellis

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