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Science has never sought to ally herself with civil power. She has never subjected anyone to mental torment, physical torment, least of all death, for the purpose of promoting her ideas.

John William Draper

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John William Draper
Age: 70 †
Born: 1811
Born: May 5
Died: 1882
Died: January 4
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