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"Preface: “this is for a general audience”
The literal first chapter: not a single definition or relevant explanation to the context of the significant events being discussed
Sooooo a general audience of graduate history students whose research interests are in east Asia. Very general!" — 12 hours, 11 min ago
"Preface: “this is for a general audience”
The literal first chapter: not a single definition or relevant explanation to the context of the significant events being discussed
Sooooo a general audience of graduate history students whose research interests are in east Asia. Very general!" — 12 hours, 11 min ago
Cat Thompson
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"So far, my mind is unchanged and I’m rather upset that I still have 58% of this left to listen to. I usually like this type of format and style but the words don’t feel any different than reading one existential thread. I probably would like this more as an early teenager when I had more of this type of angst. Might DNF soon ngl" — 12 hours, 13 min ago
"So far, my mind is unchanged and I’m rather upset that I still have 58% of this left to listen to. I usually like this type of format and style but the words don’t feel any different than reading one existential thread. I probably would like this more as an early teenager when I had more of this type of angst. Might DNF soon ngl" — 12 hours, 13 min ago
“But we can choose a different world. In fact, we will choose a different world. The world will be different a generation from now. The question is whether we will look back in gratitude at the virtuous cycles or in horror at the vicious ones.”
― Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
― Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
“It reminded me, that when we know about suffering, when we are proximal to it, we are capable of extraordinary generosity. We can do and be so much for each other. But only when we see one another in our full humanity. Not as statistics or problems, but as people who deserve to be alive in the world.”
― Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
― Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
“Nothing is so privileged as thinking history belongs to the past.”
― Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
― Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
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