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“Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.”
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- quote
- Confidence:
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- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
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- 502b0f3ace56f042a2cddad7e5fb8b338aa11999b35d6f25a28d7f74bd3baac5
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