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" Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety. "

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" Knowledge is power. "

Knowledge Is Power

" The quarrels and divisions about religion were evils unknown to the heathen. The reason was because the religion of the heathen consisted rather in rites and ceremonies than in any constant belief. "