Does history record any case in which the majority was right? — Robert A. Heinlein · Skopia

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Does history record any case in which the majority was right?

Robert A. Heinlein

Time Enough for Love · 1973

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Heinlein, Robert A. "Second Intermission." Time Enough for Love. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1973.

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