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The truth which makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.

Herbert Agar

1942

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Truth hurts Truth Willful ignorance Freedom

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Irony

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1942

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Herbert Agar

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Agar, Herbert. A Time for Greatness. Little, Brown and Company, 1942.

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