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By the Revolution the Germans have made themselves pariahs among the nations, incapable of winning allies, helots in the service of foreigners… — Erich Ludendorff Copy Share Image
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Why should I wish to see God better than this day? I see something of God each hour of the twenty-four, and… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
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Nobody before the Pythagorean had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. Twenty-five centuries later, Europe is still blessed… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
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The only truly new ideas [the right] has come up with in the last twenty years are (1) supply side economics, which… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
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Wilhelmine Germany was hostile to the expression of same-sex love - and, of course, Mann would have known of the fate of… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
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