To reform means to shatter one form and to create another; but the two…

George Santayana
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To reform means to shatter one form and to create another; but the two sides of this act are not always equally intended nor equally successful. ✨ George Santayana (2014). Winds of Doctrine: Studies in Contemporary Opinion, p.10, The Floating Press
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