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Never let yourself be diverted, either by what you wish to believe, or what you think could have beneficent social effects if it were believed; but look only and solely at what are the facts.
Never let yourself be diverted, either by what you wish to believe, or what you think could have beneficent social effects if it were believed; but look only and solely at what are the facts.
Approximate author period: c. 1921 AD · modern
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- Bertrand Russell
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- Approximate author period: c. 1921 AD · modern
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