"Everyone but an idiot knows that the lower classes must be kept poor, or they will never be industrious."
"God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in animals, and thinks in man."
Source: Holding Life Consciously. Interview with Krista Tippett, onbeing.org. June 24, 2010.
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Arthur Young
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Arthur Young was an influential thinker known for his work on consciousness and evolution, particularly through his book 'The Geometry of Meaning'.
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