To use a metaphor drawn from glass, it may be revealing for us to re-focus.
ALAN MACFARLANE
ALAN MACFARLANE
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Alan Macfarlane4 quotes“To use a metaphor drawn from glass, it may be revealing for us to re-focus.”
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