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And you can’t, and what is more, you ought not to, destroy all these in a moment.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgJohn Morley: “And you can’t, and what is more, you ought not to, destroy all these in a moment.”
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Morley argues against the abrupt dismantling of established systems and expectations.
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