Science and art are only too often a superior kind of dope, possessing this advantage over booze and morphia that they can be indulged in with a good conscience and with the conviction that, in the process of indulging, one is leading the ''higher life.'' (Aldous Huxley)

Science and art are only too often a superior kind of dope, possessing this advantage over booze and morphia that they can be indulged in with a good conscience and with the conviction that, in the process of indulging, one is leading the ''higher life.''

Aldous Huxley

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