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There never was a false god, nor was there ever really a false religion, unless you call a child a false man.
Max Muller
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Max Muller
Age: 76 †
Born: 1823
Born: December 6
Died: 1900
Died: October 28
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Historian Of Religion
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Dessau-Rosslau
Friedrich Max Müller
F. M. M.
F. Max Müller
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