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The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft

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1903 novel by George Gissing containing prescient warnings about science as enemy of mankind, destroying civilization and gentleness of life.

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"I hate and fear 'science' because of my conviction that, for long to come if not for ever, it will be the remorseless enemy of mankind. I see it destroying all simplicity and gentleness of life, all the beauty of the world; I see it restoring barbarism under a mask of civilization; I see it darkenin"
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