“When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always different.”

— George Santayana

Ch. VI: Free Society http://books.google.com/books?id=ICAsAAAAYAAJ&q=%22When+men+and+women+agree+it+is+only+in+their+conclusions+their+reasons+are+always+different%22&pg=PA148#v=onepage <br class="br">The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress (1905-1906), Vol. II, Reason in Society

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