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Human experience, which is constantly contradicting theory, is the great test of truth. A system, built upon the discoveries of a great… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
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The bigger question is how does a rogue species called humans - whose population just blew through the seven billion mark on… — Edward Burtynsky Copy Share Image
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Good and wise men, in all ages, have embraced a very dissimilar theory. They have supposed that the deity, from the relations… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
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![“[I suspect] that in the drive toward the liberal universalist notion of human rights that characterized the last fifty or so years, there has been an accompanying oversensitivity that, in practice, keeps us atomized and more likely to be manipulated and have our rights impinged upon.” quote by Darren O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3ff/darren-o-donnell-230791_human-rights_i-suspect-that-in-the-drive-toward-the-l_606669.jpg)
