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Quote by William Whewell
Fundamental ideas are not a consequence of experience, but a resul

Fundamental ideas are not a consequence of experience, but a result of the particular constitution and activity of the mind, which is independent of all experience in its origin, though constantly combined with experience in its exercise. – William Whewell

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Women love working together. Thats my experience anyway. – Shirley MacLaine

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When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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