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I believe in instinct, not reason. When reason is right, nine times out of ten it is impotent, and when it prevails, nine times out of ten it is wrong.

A. C. Benson

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A. C. Benson
Age: 63 †
Born: 1862
Born: April 24
Died: 1925
Died: June 16
Autobiographer
Diarist
Poet
Arthur Christopher Benson
Nine
Instinct
Ten
Wrong
Times
Reason
Right
Impotent
Believe
Prevails

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