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Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth.
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Richard Whately (24)
Birth: | 1st February, 1787 |
Death: | 8th October, 1863 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Economist, Logician, Theologian |
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Richard Whately was an English rhetorician, logician, economist, and theologian who also served as the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin.
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