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Imagine a survivor of a failed civilization with only a tattered book on aromatherapy for guidance in arresting a cholera epidemic. yet, such a book would more likely be found amid the debris than a comprehensible medical text.
-James Lovelock
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Imagine A Survivor Of A Failed Civilization

James Lovelock
Imagine a survivor of a failed civilization with only a tattered book on aromatherapy for guidance in arresting a cholera epidemic. yet, such a book would more likely be found amid the debris than a comprehensible medical text.
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