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Education which is not modern share the fate of all organic things which are kept too long.
Alfred North Whitehead
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Alfred North Whitehead
Age: 86 †
Born: 1861
Born: February 15
Died: 1947
Died: December 30
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It does not matter what men say in words, so long as their activities are controlled by settled instincts. The words may ultimately destroy the instincts but until this has occurred, words do not count.
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The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.
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