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That knowledge which adds greatness to character is knowledge so handled as to transform every phase of immediate experience.
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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Religion increasingly is tending to degenerate into a decent formula wherewith to embellish a comfortable life.
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It is this union of passionate interest in the detailed facts with equal devotion to abstract generalisation which forms the novelty in our present society .
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Learning preserves the errors of the past as well as its wisdom.
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The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen times come when force must be used to uphold right, justice and ideals.
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Ninety percent of our lives is governed by emotion.
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