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If reason is a universal faculty, the decision of the common mind is the nearest criterion of truth.

George Bancroft

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George Bancroft
Age: 90 †
Born: 1800
Born: October 3
Died: 1891
Died: January 17
Academic
Diplomat
Historian
Historian Of The Modern Age
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Writer
Worcester
Massachusetts
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Nearest
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