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The New Dictionary of Thoughts (Edwards) ]]> https://wist.info/davy-humphry/377/feed/ 0 377 https://wist.info/davy-humphry/7368/ https://wist.info/davy-humphry/7368/#respond Thu, 14 May 2009 12:56:47 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=7368 Consistency in regard to opinions is the slow poison of intellectual life.

Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829) British chemist
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