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“Words are most malignant, the most treacherous possession of mankind. They are saturated with the sorrows of all time.”

Quote by Louis Sullivan

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Louis Sullivan, born on September 3, 1856 and died on April 14, 1924, was a renowned American architect. Known as the 'Father of the Skyscraper,' Sullivan is celebrated for his unique architectural style and contributions to modern architecture. His designs emphasized the integration of function and form, and his philosophy of 'form follows function' has had a profound impact on the development of modern architecture. more

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Ifs Men Mind Long Term Existence Consciousness Fields Late Wide Quantity Realism Open Mind Covering

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“Implicit in true freedom of spirit lies a proud and virile will. Such glorious power of free will to choose, envisages beneficent social responsibility as manifest and welcome.”

Spirit Lying Social Responsibility Proud Welcome Glorious Free Will Manifest Social Responsibility Implicit True Freedom

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“In the history of mankind there are recorded two great Inversions. The first, set forth by the Nazarene to the effect that love is a greater power and more real than vengeance. The second proclaimed the earth to be a sphere revolving in its course around the sun. These affirmations were made in the face of all evidence sacred to the contrary.”

Firsts Made Two Real Earth Faces Courses Love Is Sun Greater Mankind Effects Evidence Sacred Contrary Spheres Affirmation Vengeance Revolving Greater Power Inversions Nazarene

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“It is the mass dream of inverted self, populous with fears overt and secret, that forms the continuous but gossamer thread upon which are strung as phantom beads all civilizations from the remotest past of record to that of the present day and hour.”

Self Dream Past Form Hours Secret Records Civilization Mass Thread Phantoms Present Day Beads Inverted

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“The feudal concept of self-preservation is poisoned at the core by the virulent assumption of master and man, of potentate and slave, of external and internal suppression of the life urge of the only one - of its faith in human sacrifice as a means of salvation.”

Men Humans Mean Self Sacrifice Masters Concepts Salvation Slave Core Assumption Internals Urges Preservation Suppression Self Preservation

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Author:Roy Lichtenstein

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