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Quote by Henry Bolingbroke
We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but

We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities. – Henry Bolingbroke

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The shortest and surest way of arriving at real knowledge is to unlearn the lessons we have been taught, to mount the first principles, and take nobodys word about them. – Henry Bolingbroke

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