I have learned yet again (this has been going on all my life) what folly it is to take any thing for granted without examining it skeptically. (Jane Jacobs)

I have learned yet again (this has been going on all my life) what folly it is to take any thing for granted without examining it skeptically.

Jane Jacobs

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