We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy. (Richard Nixon)

We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy.

Richard Nixon

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