Man, he suspected, had a particular genius for complicating things, for creating social hurdles that one must leap or be thought lacking. (Sean Russell)

Man, he suspected, had a particular genius for complicating things, for creating social hurdles that one must leap or be thought lacking.

Sean Russell

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