Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed. ✨ Bertr…

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Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2014). The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, p.553, Routledge
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Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2014). The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, p.553, Routledge

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