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Experience and its modes (1933)
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Neither the truth nor the character of history depend, in any way, upon its having some lesson to teach us. And if ever we persuade ourselves that the past has taught us something, we may be certain that it is not the historical past which has been our teacher.
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Economics is not an attempt to generalize human desires or human behavior; but to generalize the phenomena of price.
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Every word she writes is a lie, including 'and' and 'the'.
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Born:
December 11, 1901
Died:
December 19, 1990
(aged 89)
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