To the wise man, to the wise nation, the mistakes of the past are the …

Robert Green Ingersoll
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To the wise man, to the wise nation, the mistakes of the past are the torches of the present. ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). The works of Robert G. Ingersoll, p.3259, Library of Alexandria
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To the wise man, to the wise nation, the mistakes of the past are the torches of the present. ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). The works of Robert G. Ingersoll, p.3259, Library of Alexandria

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