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" All styles are good except the tiresome kind. "
Voltaire
Kind
Tiresome
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" Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men. "
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" What then do you call your soul? What idea have you of it? You cannot of yourselves, without revelation, admit the existence within you of anything but a power unknown to you of feeling and thinking. "
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" The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all. "
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