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There will never be a generation of great men until there has been a generation of free women - of free mothers.
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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Dresden
Yates County
New York
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I am going to put the Bible out of business.
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