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Keen that intellect,
razor sharp that wit.
But keeping it that way
requires restraint and skill.
Too hasty a thrust
or too heavy a hand
on the grinding stone
of fact, and what was once
the cutting edge of truth
is dulled or twisted
into a lunatic fringe.
Remember Robespierre.-- Mahlon H Smith
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Mahlon H Smith
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