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Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic.
Tryon Edwards
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Tryon Edwards
Age: 84 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 7
Died: 1894
Died: January 4
Theologian
Hartford
Connecticut
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