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With breathtaking rapidity, we are destroying all that was lovely to look at and turning America into a prison house of the spirit. The affluent society, with relentless single-minded energy, is turning our cities, most of suburbia and most of our roadways into the most affluent slum on earth.

Eric Sevareid

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Eric Sevareid
Age: 79 †
Born: 1912
Born: November 26
Died: 1992
Died: July 9
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