“The appalling and shameful scene ("spectacle", Fr.) of disarray and illogicality that manifest itself in the thought and deeds of men, will no longer be seen, once these will possess an enlighten consciouness.”

—  African Spir

Source: Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir (1937), p. 61.

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