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The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen

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The complacency of Victorian England was shaken by a host of taboo-violating researchers who overturned traditional belief systems during the second half of the 19th century. Of these Charles Darwin had the most lasting impact on our worldview with The Origin of Species (1959) and The Descent of Man (1971). But a close second place prize goes to Karl Ma…

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