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A decent brief summary of such ideas is provided here: https://www.britannica.com/art/noble-savage

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Eric Harris’s diary: http://melikamp.com/features/eric.shtml

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The words of Eric Harris: https://schoolshooters.info/sites/default/files/harris_journal_1.3.pdf

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