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It is extremely urgent to try and adapt our thoughts realistically to a world which has no fixed general direction either upward or downward, but is likely to vary largely according to what we do.
Mary Midgley
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Mary Midgley
Age: 99 †
Born: 1919
Born: September 3
Died: 2018
Died: October 10
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Philosopher
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London
England
Mary Beatrice Scrutton
Mary Beatrice Midgley
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