whole world history often seems nothing a picture book portrays humani — Hermann Hesse, Journey East

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The whole of world history often seems to me nothing more than a picture book which portrays humanity's most powerful and a senseless desire – the desire to forget. Does not each generation, by means of suppression, concealment, and ridicule, efface what the previous generation considered most important?

Hermann Hesse, The Journey to the East

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