The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark. ✨ Thomas Paine (18…

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The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark. ✨ Thomas Paine (1824). The Political Writings of Thomas Paine: Secretary to the Committee of Foreign Affairs in the American Revolution : to which is Prefixed a Brief Sketch of the Author's Life, p.340
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The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark. ✨ Thomas Paine (1824). The Political Writings of Thomas Paine: Secretary to the Committee of Foreign Affairs in the American Revolution : to which is Prefixed a Brief Sketch of the Author's Life, p.340

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