It is a remarkable progress. In five or six thousand years five or six high civilizations have risen, flourished, commanded the wonder of the world, then faded out and disappeared ; and not one of them except the latest ever invented any sweeping and... The Mysterious Stranger: A Romance - Página 119por Mark Twain - 1916 - 150 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
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