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What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.
Robert Green Ingersoll
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Robert Green Ingersoll
Age: 65 †
Born: 1833
Born: August 11
Died: 1899
Died: July 21
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One good schoolmaster is worth a thousand priests.
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The man who accepts opinions because they have been entertained by distinguished people, is a mental snob.
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We do not need the forgiveness of God, but of each other and of ourselves.
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He raised his hands, not to strike, but in benediction. Lincoln was the grandest figure of the fiercest civil war. He is the gentlest memory of our world.
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