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One must either accept some theory or else believe one's own instinct or follow the world's opinion.
One must either accept some theory or else believe one's own instinct or follow the world's opinion.
Approximate author period: c. 1910 AD · modern
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- Gertrude Stein
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- Approximate author period: c. 1910 AD · modern
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