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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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584 |
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AUTHOR:
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William C. Redfield (1789–1857) |
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QUOTATION:
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Facts have a cruel way of substituting themselves for fancies. There is nothing more remorseless, just as there is nothing more helpful, than truth. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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WILLIAM C. REDFIELD, secretary of commerce, address at Case School, Cleveland, Ohio, May 27, 1915.—Ashley H. Thorndike, Modern Eloquence, vol. 7, p. 392 (1936). |
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SUBJECTS:
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Facts |
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