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The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance by Henry Petroski
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“Ink is the cosmetic that ideas will wear when they go out in public. Graphite is their dirty truth.”
― Henry Petroski, The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance
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