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“Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover the seeds of truth.”

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Virginia Woolf

Name: Virginia Woolf

Nationality: British

Date of Birth: Jan 25, 1882

Date of Death: Mar 28, 1941

Profession: Author

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