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“The idea that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of those pleasant falsehoods, which most experience refutes. History is teeming with instances of truth put down by persecution. If not put down forever, it may be set back for centuries.”
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“No society can surely be flourishing and happy of which by far the greater part of the numbers are poor and miserable. ”
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“It is not the size of the dog in the fight that counts, but the fight in the dog that wins.”
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