Ignorance worships mystery; reason explains it; the one grovels, the o…

Robert Green Ingersoll
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Ignorance worships mystery; reason explains it; the one grovels, the other soars. ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1874). The Gods, and Other Lectures, p.113
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Ignorance worships mystery; reason explains it; the one grovels, the other soars. ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1874). The Gods, and Other Lectures, p.113

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