They may only confuse and paralyze the mind with their myriad stinging lashes of excitement.
Woodrow Wilson: “They may only confuse and paralyze the mind with their myriad stinging lashes of excitement.”
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Wilson critiques the overwhelming nature of modern stimuli on the human mind.
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