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The Anthropocene Reviewed

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The Little Handbook on Electioneering

A famous document called the little handbook on electioneering, purportedly written by quintus tullius cicero to his older brother marcus. It argues that when some one asks of you something you cannot do, you can either promise to do it any way or politely refuse. But what really gets me is a paragraph on pointing out the flaws in other candidates. In this case, roman senator cataline not only as a murderer, but worse still, as a man who, afterwards, lived with actors and gladiators. The best nonden denials sound like broad statements, but secretly aren't.

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