The great delusion of mankind is in supposing that to be individual and exceptional which is universal and according to law. (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.)

The great delusion of mankind is in supposing that to be individual and exceptional which is universal and according to law.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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