It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due…

Desiderius Erasmus
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It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due reverence. ✨ Due Reverence: Antiques in the Possession of the American Philosophical Society. Book by Murphy D. Smith (p. 3), 1992.
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It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due reverence. ✨ Due Reverence: Antiques in the Possession of the American Philosophical Society. Book by Murphy D. Smith (p. 3), 1992.

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