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" Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our profoundest scientific insight is made into a means of mass destruction. "

Bertrand Russell

Love

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Religions

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" The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf. "

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Small

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