The revolutions of thought which shape the basic outlook of an age are not disseminated through text-books- they … - Arthur Koestler

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I myself share with the Conservative Party a profound dislike for such fandangles as proportional representation.

Arthur Koestler

The revolutions of thought which shape the basic outlook of an age are not disseminated through text-books- they spread like epidemics, through contamination by invisible agents and innocent germ carriers, by the most varied forms of contact, or simply by breathing the common air.

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