When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in t…

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When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favour of the belief which he finds in himself. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2016). Mysticism and Logic, p.31, Bertrand Russell
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