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Edmund Burke - Some degree of novelty must be one of...
Some degree of novelty must be one of the materials in almost every instrument which works upon the mind and curiosity blends itself, more or less, with all our pleasures. (Edmund Burke)

Some degree of novelty must be one of the materials in almost every instrument which works upon the mind and curiosity blends itself, more or less, with all our pleasures.

Edmund Burke

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