There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respe…

Bertrand Russell
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There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a fat man more than a thin man. Sir Isaac Newton was very much smaller than a hippopotamus, but we do not on that account value him less. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2009). The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell, p.370, Routledge
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