John Gray (1948) British philosopher
Sweet Morality (p. 222)
Source: The Immortalization Commission: The Strange Quest to Cheat Death (2011)
“Need I say that, if the universe is destroyed, it is unlikely that the British Isles will be preserved?”
Source: Fugitives of Chaos (2006), Chapter 18, “Festive Days on the Slopes of Vesuvius” (p. 280)
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