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Great Minds Intelligence

HUXLEY once defined the 'practical man' as One who repeated the errors of his forefathers.—Page 86 of The First Ten Years (National Coal Board publica- tion).

DISRAELI defined a 'practical man' as one who could be relied upon to make the same mistakes as his predecessors.—Page 71 of The First Ten Years (National Coal Board publication):