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Hold unto the last: that is what it means to have a Dominant Idea,…

Quote byVoltairine de Cleyre · 1866–1912

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Dominant Idea (1910).

English (original)

Hold unto the last: that is what it means to have a Dominant Idea, which Circumstance cannot break. And such men make and unmake Circumstance.

— Voltairine de Cleyre

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