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The careful student of history will discover that Christianity has been of very little value in advancing civilization, but has done a great deal toward retarding it.
Matilda Joslyn Gage
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Matilda Joslyn Gage
Age: 71 †
Born: 1826
Born: March 24
Died: 1898
Died: March 18
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Matilda Electa Joslyn
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