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On Jan 31, 2009, at 8:06 AM, Susan J Avery wrote:

> Tom
>    The actual quote is "One of the tragedies of life is the murder  
> of a
> beautiful theory by a brutal gang of facts."  It was made by La
> Rochefoucauld
>
> Susan in Winston-Salem, NC
>
> On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:40:21 -0700 Tom Gilmore  
> <[log in to unmask]>
> writes:
>> Hoping someone can tell me who wrote this terrific quote.  Came to me
>> from
>> another researcher who can't remember where she saw it.
>>  --Tom
>>
>>   "There is nothing more tragic than the murder of a beautiful
>> theory by a
>> brutal gang of facts."
>>
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