The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold... - Gunnar Myrdal

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas and still function."

Gunnar Myrdal Wisdom

Economist Sociologist Swedish 1898–1987

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