The greatest obstacle to progress is not man's inherited pugnacity, bu…

William Ralph Inge
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The greatest obstacle to progress is not man's inherited pugnacity, but his incorrigible tendency to parasitism. ✨ William Ralph Inge (1920). Outspoken Essays
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