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The Unsettling of America (Avon, 1978 printing of the 1977 book)

Wendell Berry · c. 1977

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  1. The disease of the modern character is specialization.
  2. If a culture is to hope for any considerable longevity, then the relationships within it must, in recognition of their interdependence, be predominantly cooperative

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