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Odd John (1935)
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Philosophy is an amazing tissue of really fine thinking and incredible, puerile mistakes. It's like one of those rubber 'bones' they give dogs to chew, damned good for the mind's teeth, but as food — no bloody good at all.
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It is a great strength to have faced the worst and to have felt it a feature of beauty. Nothing ever after can shake one.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
Olaf Stapledon
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Born:
May 10, 1886
Died:
September 6, 1950
(aged 64)
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