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I care not what you may call it; by its fruit or practical results it should be judged.
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gutenberg.orgOrange Jacobs: “I care not what you may call it; by its fruit or practical results it should be judged.”
Editor's note · Context
Jacobs emphasizes that the true measure of a belief system is its practical outcomes rather than its name.
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