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C. Wright Mills Quotes: [O]ne could translate the 555 pages of The Social System into about 150 pages of straightforward English. The result would not be very impressive.
         

[O]ne could translate the 555 pages of The Social System into about 150 pages of straightforward English. The result would not be very impressive.


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