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Andre Landgraf
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But it is on occasions like this that I always think of how different everything would be if we in the Orient had developed our own science. Suppose for instance that we had developed our own physics and chemistry: would not the techiniques and industries based on them have taken a different form, would not our myriads of everyday gadgets — would they not have suited our national temper better than they do?
— Feb 02, 2024 10:28AM
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Andre Landgraf
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In the mansion called literature I would have the eaves deep and the walls dark, I would push back into the shadows the things that come forward too clearly, I would strip away the useless decoration
— Jun 17, 2024 02:14PM
Andre Landgraf
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Even the same white could as well be one color for Western paper and another for our own. Western paper turns away the light, while our paper seems to take it in, to envelop it gently, like the soft surface of a first snowfall. It gives off no sound when it is crumpled or folded, it is quiet and pliant to the touch as the leaf of a tree.
— Feb 03, 2024 06:31AM
