The desire to understand the world and the desire to reform it are the…

Bertrand Russell
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The desire to understand the world and the desire to reform it are the two great engines of progress, without which human society would stand still or retrogress. ✨ Marriage and Morals. Book by Bertrand Russell, Ch. 20, p. 301, en.wikiquote.org. Marriage and Morals.
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The desire to understand the world and the desire to reform it are the two great engines of progress, without which human society would stand still or retrogress. ✨ Marriage and Morals. Book by Bertrand Russell, Ch. 20, p. 301, en.wikiquote.org. Marriage and Morals.

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