“Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse.”

— Woodrow Wilson

“The Leaders of Men”, (17 June 1890), p. 75 http://books.google.com/books?id=rxC4IG60KTwC&pg=PA75&dq=%22Uncompromising+thought+is+the+luxury+of+the+closeted+recluse%22 <br class="br">1890s

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