Thus action serves as anodyne, whereas contemplation is revealed as the most direct form of involvement, and therefore much shunned by men. (Robert Sheckley)

Thus action serves as anodyne, whereas contemplation is revealed as the most direct form of involvement, and therefore much shunned by men.

Robert Sheckley

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