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To acquiesce in despair is the very way to make despairing forecasts come true. — Bertrand Russell

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To acquiesce in despair is the very way to make despairing forecasts come true.

Bertrand Russell
1951
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Giving upHopelessness and despairHope
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ArticleNewspaper
Time
1951
Person
Bertrand Russell
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Current citation
Russell, Bertrand. The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell. Vol. 26. Routledge, 2020, pt. 1.
Original citation
Russell, Bertrand. "No Funk, No Frivolity, No Fanaticism." New York Times, 6 May 1951, sec. SM, p. 4.

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