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From The Christian Science Monitor, by Norman Cousins, September 26, 1989

"Thought is the basic energy in human history. Civilization is put together not by machines but by thought....

"Hence the question: What standing does thoughtfulness enjoy today? Action, accumulation, diversion—these seem to be the great imperatives. We are so busy increasing the size and ornamentations of our personal kingdoms that we give little thought to the fact that no age in history has had as many loose props under it as our own.

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