I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and wound up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer. Essays and Addresses, 1900-1903 - Page 37by Sir John Lubbock - 1903 - 296 pagesFull view - About this book
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...do; or the one course must be wise and the other unwise. Huxley, indeed, said in another place: "I protest that if some great power could agree to make...right, on condition of being turned into a sort of a clock and wound up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer.... | |
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