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Jack Weatherford, The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire Quotes: Every society produces its own cultural conceits, a set of lies and delusions about itself that thrive in the face of all contrary evidence.
         

Every society produces its own cultural conceits, a set of lies and delusions about itself that thrive in the face of all contrary evidence.


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