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Edmund Leach

"The violence in the world comes about because we human beings are forever creating barriers between men who are like us and men who are not like us."

Edmund Leach, British Scientist
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"The violence in the world comes about because we human beings are forever creating barriers between men who are like us and men who are not like us."

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