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Our minds thus grow in spots and like grease spots, the spots spread. But we let them spread as little as possible: we keep unaltered as much of our old knowledge, as many of our old prejudices and beliefs, as we can.
James Truslow Adams
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James Truslow Adams
Age: 70 †
Born: 1878
Born: October 18
Died: 1949
Died: May 18
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