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Cranks live by theory, not by pure desire. They want votes, peace, nuts, liberty and spinning-looms not because they love these things, as a child lo… - Rose Macaulay
" "Cranks live by theory, not by pure desire. They want votes, peace, nuts, liberty and spinning-looms not because they love these things, as a child loves jam, but because they think they ought to have them. That is one element which makes the crank. Another is lack of proportion, the obsession with one desire or one principle to the minimising or exclusion of others; exaggeration, in fact.
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About Rose Macaulay
Emilie Rose Macaulay (1 August 1881 – 30 October 1958) was an English novelist.
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Rose (Dame Emilie Rose) Macaulay
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