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Unfortunately, Google doesn't seem to be updating the Blogger platform. Apparently, the  "Text" gadget is broken. I've tried hard to find a work around for this particular problem – without any luck, I'm afraid. I'd intended to add several quotes to that section of this blog's sidebar, but it appears I won't be able to do so. Rather than let the quotes languish outside the blog, I've decided to write a post listing them. This is that post. - Bertrand Russell  No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other. Righteousness cannot be born until self-righteousness is dead. It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly. The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it. The scientific attitude of mind involves a sweeping...

Unfortunately, Google doesn't seem to be updating the Blogger platform. Apparently, the  "Text" gadget is broken. I've tried hard to find a work around for this particular problem – without any luck, I'm afraid. I'd intended to add several quotes to that section of this blog's sidebar, but it appears I won't be able to do so. Rather than let the quotes languish outside the blog, I've decided to write a post listing them. This is that post. - Bertrand Russell  No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other. Righteousness cannot be born until self-righteousness is dead. It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly. The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it. The scientific attitude of mind involves a sweeping...

Unfortunately, Google doesn't seem to be updating the Blogger platform. Apparently, the  "Text" gadget is broken. I've tried hard to find a work around for this particular problem – without any luck, I'm afraid. I'd intended to add several quotes to that section of this blog's sidebar, but it appears I won't be able to do so. Rather than let the quotes languish outside the blog, I've decided to write a post listing them. This is that post. - Bertrand Russell  No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other. Righteousness cannot be born until self-righteousness is dead. It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly. The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it. The scientific attitude of mind involves a sweeping...