Bertrand Russell, in "Mysticism and Logic" in A Free Man's Worship (1903)
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Brief and powerless is man's life; on him and all his race the slow, sure doom falls pitiless and dark.
— Bertrand Russell on Doom
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About Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (May 18, 1872 – February 2, 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic. In 1950, he was awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature.
About Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (May 18, 1872 – February 2, 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic. In 1950, he was awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature.
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