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Violence is a norm on any frontier. Why? Because on the frontier men have forgotten, or left behind, their old identities.
“When You Call Me That, Smile!” DEW-Line Newsletter 1.2 (1968), p 1.
Quote #7288
Year: 1968
Chapter: Violence
Compiled by William Kuhns
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