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Truth is the mother of joy. Truth civilizes, ennobles and purifies. The grandest ambition that can enter the soul is to know the truth.

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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Lawyer
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Dresden
Yates County
New York
Robert Ingersoll
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Ambition
Joy
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Truth
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Ennobles
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