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The Measure of a Civilization

01/07/201302/20/2018 / Alexander Atkins / 2 Comments

Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.

Pearl Buck, My Several Worlds: A Personal Record (1954)

 

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