Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessit…

Leon Trotsky
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Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one's enemies. ✨ Leon Trotsky (1925). Literature and Revolution, p.169, Haymarket Books
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