One way to explain the complexity and unpredictability of historical systems, despite their ultimate determinacy, is to note that long chains of causation may separate final effects from ultimate causes lying outside the domain of that field of science. Guns, Germs And Steel
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society. Mark Twain's Notebook
Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around. Book II
“The fear of death is an animal passion which must be overcome." Seagull
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