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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Quotes: Reason may be the lever, but sentiment gives you the fulcrum and the place to stand on if you want to move the world.
         

Reason may be the lever, but sentiment gives you the fulcrum and the place to stand on if you want to move the world.


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