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Philosophy is a kind of journey, ever learning yet never arriving at the ideal perfection of truth.

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Albert Pike
Age: 81 †
Born: 1809
Born: December 29
Died: 1891
Died: April 2
Lawyer
Boston
Massachusetts
A. Pike
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Strange and mysterious name to give to the spirit of Darkness! Lucifer, the Son of the Morning! Is it he who bears the Light, and with its splendors intolerable blinds feeble, sensual, or selfish souls? Doubt it not!
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A man should live with his superiors as he does with his fire: not too near, lest he burn nor too far off, lest he freeze.
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