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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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585 |
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AUTHOR:
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Author unknown |
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QUOTATION:
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I often wish … that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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Author unknown, “On Having Known a Poet,” The Atlantic Monthly, May 1906, p. 712.—The Home Book of American Quotations, ed. Bruce Bohle, p. 90 (1967), attributes this article to Bliss Carman, a frequent contributor. |
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SUBJECTS:
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Facts |
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