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Cynicism such as one finds very frequently among the most highly educated young men and women of the West results from the combination of comfort and powerlessness.
Cynicism such as one finds very frequently among the most highly educated young men and women of the West results from the combination of comfort and powerlessness.
Approximate author period: c. 1921 AD · modern
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- Bertrand Russell
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- Approximate author period: c. 1921 AD · modern
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