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If we should put god in the Constitution there would be no room left for 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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Music expresses feeling and thought, without language it was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words.
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They knew no better, but I do not propose to follow the example of a barbarian because he was honestly a barbarian.
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He loves his country best who strives to make it best.
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Arguments cannot be answered with insults. . . . Kindness is strength. . . . Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, every one should be serene, slow-pulsed, and calm.
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