Fear paints pictures of ghosts and hangs them in the gallery of ignora…

Robert Green Ingersoll
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Fear paints pictures of ghosts and hangs them in the gallery of ignorance. ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1882). Wit, Wisdom, Eloquence, and Great Speeches of Col. R. G. Ingersoll: Including Eloquent Extracts, Witty, Wise, Pungent, Truthful Sayings and Full Reports of the Great Speeches of this Celebrated Man, Together with the Funeral Oration at His Brother's Grave
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