Wars, invented and organized by the highest available consc… - Cynthia Ozick

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Wars, invented and organized by the highest available consciousnesses (do the worms go to war? do the fish? do the paramecia?), are the planet's chief source and cause of torment. ("The Biological Premises of Our Sad Earth-Speck")

Cynthia Ozick

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Cynthia Ozick (born April 17, 1928) is a Jewish American short story writer, novelist, and essayist.

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Birth Name: Cynthia Shoshana Ozick

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