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Even if nothing worse than wasted mental effort could be laid to the charge of theology, that alone ought to be sufficient to banish it from the earth, as one of the worst enemies of mankind.

Lydia M. Child

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Lydia M. Child
Age: 78 †
Born: 1802
Born: January 1
Died: 1880
Died: January 1
Activist
Geologist
Journalist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Medford
Massachusetts
Lydia Maria Francis Child
Worst
Theology
Enemy
Enemies
Effort
Sufficient
Alone
Mental
Earth
Worse
Banish
Nothing
Atheism
Wasted
Even
Mankind
Laid
Ought
Charge

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