I remember trying to make her (= Russell's grandmother) see that it was inconsistent to demand at one and the same time that everybody should be well housed, and yet that no new houses should be built because they were an eye-sore. To her each sentiment had its separate rights, and must not be asked to give place to another sentiment on account of anything so cold as mere logic.
Source: The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, v.1: 1872-1914．
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