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Ralph Adams Cram - Through the wholesale destruction...

Through the wholesale destruction of the representatives of a class that from the beginning of history had been the directing and creative force in civilization, a process began which was almost mechanical. (Ralph Adams Cram)

Through the wholesale destruction of the representatives of a class that from the beginning of history had been the directing and creative force in civilization, a process began which was almost mechanical.

Ralph Adams Cram

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