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Bertrand Russell Quotes: Reason may be a small force, but it is constant, and works always in one direction, while the forces of unreason destroy one another in futile strife.
         

Reason may be a small force, but it is constant, and works always in one direction, while the forces of unreason destroy one another in futile strife.


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