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There are few things reason can discover with so much certainty and ease as its own insufficiency.

Jeremy Collier

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Jeremy Collier
Age: 76 †
Born: 1650
Born: January 1
Died: 1726
Died: January 1
Literary Critic
Priest
Theatre Critic
Writer
County of Cambridge
Ease
Discover
Reason
Much
Things
Insufficiency
Certainty

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