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James Smythe

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No Harm Can Come to a Good Man

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“People talk to pets and babies to stop themselves going mad.”
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“...you surrounded yourself with people who nodded at you, who protected you, until your own mind gave way under the weight of your own pig-headedness.”
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“That we were made in his image. This is the next stage: after clones and gene therapy: we are changing what that image is.”
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“That we were made in his image. This is the next stage: after clones and gene therapy: we are changing what that image is.”
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