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Sidney W. Mintz, Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History Quotes: Most of us, most of the time, act within plays the lines of which were written long ago, the images of which require recognition, not invention.
         

Most of us, most of the time, act within plays the lines of which were written long ago, the images of which require recognition, not invention.


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