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Charles Lindbergh

I have seen the science I worshiped, and the aircraft I loved, destroying the civilization I expected them to serve.

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Charles Lindbergh is expressing his disappointment that the scientific advancements and airplanes he admired have been used in ways that harm society instead of helping it. He expected these achievements to support and improve civilization, but instead, they have contributed to its destruction.

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