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Civilization is hideously fragile [and] there's not much between us and the horrors underneath, just about a coat of varnish.

Source: A Coat of Varnish, 1979.
-- C P Snow, (Oct 15 1905-1980), English novelist, scientist, government official; His series of 11 novels, Strangers and Brothers, depicts stresses of contemporary British life.

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