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"It is a mark of civilised man that he seeks to understand his traditions, and to criticise them, not to swallow them whole."

— Moses Finley
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This generation may either be the last to exist in any semblance of a civilised world or that it will be the first to have the vision, the bearing and the greatness to say, 'I will have nothing to do with this destruction of life, I will play no part in this devastation of the land, I am determined to live and work for peaceful construction for I am morally responsible for the world of today and the generations of tomorrow.'

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