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I grew up thinking that it was immoral to idealize the past because, in the past, there was slavery and no penicillin.
Elif Batuman
Elif Batuman
Born: 1977

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Past, Thinking, Penicillin, Immoral, Idealize, Because, Up, Grew, In The Past, Slavery

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