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Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense.
Robert Green Ingersoll
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Robert Green Ingersoll
Age: 65 †
Born: 1833
Born: August 11
Died: 1899
Died: July 21
Essayist
Lawyer
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Dresden
Yates County
New York
Robert Ingersoll
The Great Agnostic
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He loves his country best who strives to make it best.
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If the property belongs to God he is able to pay the tax.
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