It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent bli…

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It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I could have thought of that' is a very popular and misleading one, for the fact is that they didn't, and a very significant and revealing fact it is too. ✨ Douglas Adams (2014). Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, p.197, Simon and Schuster
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