Nothing endures, nothing is precise and certain (except the mind of a …

H. G. Wells
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Nothing endures, nothing is precise and certain (except the mind of a pedant), perfection is the mere repudiation of that ineluctable marginal inexactitude which is the mysterious inmost quality of Being ✨ H. G. Wells (2016). A Modern Utopia, p.31, H. G. Wells
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