While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I h…

H. G. Wells
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While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he were sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness in not justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful. ✨ H. G. Wells (2017). Apropos of Dolores by H. G. Wells (Illustrated), p.36, Delphi Classics (Parts Edition) (PublishDrive)
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