Once a man has changed the relationship between himself and his
environment, he cannot return to the blissful ignorance he left.
Motion, of necessity, involves a change in perspective.
-- Commissioner Pravin Lal,
"A Social History of Planet"
environment, he cannot return to the blissful ignorance he left.
Motion, of necessity, involves a change in perspective.
-- Commissioner Pravin Lal,
"A Social History of Planet"
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