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Race #20486

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Official speed 74.23 wpm (92.63 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start April 29, 2019 1:05:16pm UTC
Race Finish April 29, 2019 1:06:49pm UTC
Outcome No win (4 of 5)
Opponents 1. wise_owl (83.01 wpm)
2. marswork (81.97 wpm)
Accuracy 99.0%
Points 116.30
Text #4070310 (Length: 573 characters)

The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back. I am sure that the power of vested interests is vastly exaggerated compared with the gradual encroachment of ideas.