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Has science ever retreated? No! It is Catholicism which has always retreated before her, and will always be forced to retreat.

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Emile Zola
Age: 62 †
Born: 1840
Born: January 1
Died: 1902
Died: January 1
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Emile Edouard Charles Antoine Zola
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