It is not by prayer and humility that you cause things to go as you wish, but by acquiring a knowledge of natural laws. (Bertrand Russell)

It is not by prayer and humility that you cause things to go as you wish, but by acquiring a knowledge of natural laws.

Bertrand Russell

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