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John dos Passos Quotes: Men are under as strong a compulsion to invent an ethical setting for their behavior as spiders are to weave themselves webs.
         

Men are under as strong a compulsion to invent an ethical setting for their behavior as spiders are to weave themselves webs.


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Men are under as strong a compulsion to invent an ethical setting for their behavior as spiders are to weave themselves webs.
         



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I've always thought you should concentrate on paddling your own canoe.



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