Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly s…

Bertrand Russell
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Conquer the world by intelligence, and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it. ✨ Bertrand Russell (1957). Why I Am Not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects, p.23, Simon and Schuster
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