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Practise...what I call a decent mammalian philosophy.

— Hervey Allen Anthony Adverse (1933)

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A victory for any side is a defeat for every side now.

Action at Aquila (1938)

What is even a wise book but a blast from the lungs made visible to the eyes?

Anthony Adverse (1933)

It is only men of genuine philosophical sense who can understand that the form of government is the most important thing in the world.

Action at Aquila (1938)

A great longing for that happy, waltzing, music-box time came over him.

Action at Aquila (1938)

Southward, two mighty ranges of the Appalachians shouldered their way into the blue distance like tremendous caravans marching across eternity.

Action at Aquila (1938)

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There is no governor anywhere; you are all absolutely free. There is no restraint that cannot be escaped.

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Every morning
I shall concern myself anew about the boundary
Between the love-deed-Yes and the power-deed-No
And pressing forward honor reality.

Martin Buber Power and Love (1926)

In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true is true or becomes true, within certain limits to be found experientially and experimentally. These limits are further beliefs to be transcended.

John C. Lilly The Human Biocomputer (1974)

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