“The man whose nature is such that by one path alone his chief desire will reach consummation will try to find it on that path, whatever it may be, and whatever the world thinks of it; and if he does not, he is contemptible.”

— F. H. Bradley

Reported by Brand Blanshard in 'Francis Herbert Bradley', Journal of Philosophy (1925).

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British philosopher 1846–1924

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