In every age of transition men are never so firmly bound to one way of life as when they are about to abandon it. — Bernard Levin
In every age of transition men are never so firmly bound to one way of life as when they are about to abandon it. — Bernard Levin
In every age of transition men are never so firmly bound to one way of life as when they are about to abandon it. — Bernard Levin
In every age of transition men are never so firmly bound to one way of life as when they are about to abandon it. — Bernard Levin
In every age of transition men are never so firmly bound to one way of life as when they are about to abandon it. — Bernard Levin
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In every age of transition men are never so firmly bound to one way of life as when they are about to abandon it.

— Bernard Levin
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