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Classic Learning Test
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- The famous last words of big thinkers 🧵 1. In his final moments, G. K. Chesterton declared: "The issue is now clear. It is between light and darkness, and everyone must choose his side.”
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- The handwriting of famous authors - thread 🧵 1. A manuscript revised by James Joyce
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