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"Morality did not keep well; it required stable conditions; it was costly; it was subject to variations, and the market for it was uncertain."
— Mary McCarthy
Literature1912–1989
"To inform, and, therefore to reconnoitre, this is the first and constant duty of the advanced guard."
— Ferdinand Foch
Science1851–1929
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