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Intellect, without heart, is infinitely cruel. . . .
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
Robert Ingersoll
The Great Agnostic
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Ignorance worships mystery reason explains it the one grovels, the other soars.
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The combined wisdom and genius of all mankind cannot possibly conceive of an argument against liberty of thought.
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Music was born of love. Had there never been any human affection, there never could have been uttered a strain of music.
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In all ages, hypocrites, called priests, have put crowns upon the heads of thieves, called kings.
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In all ages the people have honored those who dishonored them. They have worshiped their destroyers they have canonized the most gigantic liars, and buried the great thieves in marble and gold. Under the loftiest monuments sleeps the dust of murder.
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Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense.
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It is impossible for me to conceive of a character more utterly detestable than that of the Hebrew god.
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I will follow my logic, no matter where it goes, after it has consulted with my heart. If you ever come to a conclusion without calling the heart in, you will come to a bad conclusion.
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