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The supreme crime of the church to-day is that everywhere and in all its operations and influences it is on the side of sloth of mind that it banishes brains, it sanctifies stupidity, it canonizes incompetence.
Upton Sinclair
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Upton Sinclair
Age: 90 †
Born: 1878
Born: September 20
Died: 1968
Died: November 25
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