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What we are bidden to remember is the splendor of what the facts are trying to be.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “What we are bidden to remember is the splendor of what the facts are trying to be.”
Editor's note · Context
Laski suggests that we should appreciate the potential of facts rather than just their current state.
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