Change is scientific; progress is ethical; change is indubitable, wher…

Bertrand Russell
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Change is scientific; progress is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy. ✨ Bertrand Russell, Robert Edward Egner (1961). The basic writings of Bertrand Russell, 1903-1959
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