Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. — Aldous Huxley · Skopia

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Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Proper Studies · 1927

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Huxley, Aldous. "A Note on Dogma." Proper Studies. Chatto & Windus, 1927.

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