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The preternatural solemnity of a good many of the professionally religious is to me a point against them.
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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...the only simplicity to be trusted is the simplicity to be found on the far side of complexity.
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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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Some of the finest moral intuitions come to quite humble people. The visiting of lofty ideas doesn't depend on formal schooling.
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Nature, even in the act of satisfying anticipation, often provides a surprise.
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