The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.

H.P. Lovecraft

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Topic

Making sense of things Contradiction

Author

H.P. Lovecraft

Source

The Call of Cthulhu

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1928 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Lovecraft, Howard Phillips. "The Call of Cthulhu." Weird Tales, Feb. 1928.

Current Citation

Lovecraft, Howard Phillips. "The Call of Cthulhu." The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories, edited by S. T. Joshi. Penguin Classics, 2016.

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Scepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer.

George Santayana

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Topic
Doubt and skepticism

Author

George Santayana
Source
Scepticism and Animal Faith
Language
English
Time
1923 1920s 20th century
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Citation

Santayana, George. Scepticism and Animal Faith. Charles Scribner's Sons/Constable And Company, 1923, ch. 9.