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The free intellect is the chief engine of human progress.
Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Russell
Age: 97 †
Born: 1872
Born: May 18
Died: 1970
Died: February 2
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Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it.
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When we perceive any object of a familiar kind, much of what appears subjectively to be immediately given is really derived from past experience.
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