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    The Last Degradation
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    The Last Degradation

    By Eric Thornton

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    About this ebook

    Thomas Hobbes observed that life was "Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." The author cannot help but believe that Mr. Hobbes would have found these stories to his liking.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPage Publishing, Inc.
    Release dateFeb 19, 2019
    ISBN9781644249703
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