The intellectual advancement of man depends on how often he can exchan…

Robert Green Ingersoll
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The intellectual advancement of man depends on how often he can exchange an old superstition for a new truth. ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). The works of Robert G. Ingersoll, p.49, Library of Alexandria
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The intellectual advancement of man depends on how often he can exchange an old superstition for a new truth. ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). The works of Robert G. Ingersoll, p.49, Library of Alexandria

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