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" Man was made to be immortal; else, he could not survive being the fool he is. "

Douglas Southall Freeman

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" I would say that the study of history is that which gives man the greatest optimism, for if man were not destined by his Maker to go on until the Kingdom of Heaven is attained, man would have been extinguished long ago by reason of all man's mistakes and frailties. "

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