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Old 08-10-2015, 08:26 PM   #12
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"Scripture" is cheating, IMO. On other fronts, Morrison does seem out of her depth, and I'd pick Rachel Carson over Leopold. And shouldn't The Communist Manifesto be offset by Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations? For that matter, Capital would be a better choice than the Manifesto.
I'd have to agree about Rachel Carson - in terms of the impact it had at the time of its publication. Including Leopold IMHO is akin to nominating Pilgrim at Tinker Creek - as far as world impact ....

I also think Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin had a world impact far, far greater than Toni Morrison.

And what about Mein Kampf? Or Mao's Little Red Book? These certainly had global impacts ...
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