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Quote by Henri Bergson
The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found

The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause. – Henri Bergson

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Instinct perfected is a faculty of using and even constructing organized instruments intelligence perfected is the faculty of making and using unorganized instruments. – Henri Bergson

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