MacAllister wasn’t always right, but he was smart enough to know that. He was willing to change his mind when… — Jack Mcdevitt
MacAllister wasn’t always right, but he was smart enough to know that. He was willing to change his mind when the evidence pointed in a different direction. That fact alone put MacAllister very nearly in a class by himself.
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