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History is never antiquated, because humanity is always fundamentally the same.

Walter Rauschenbusch

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Walter Rauschenbusch
Age: 56 †
Born: 1861
Born: October 4
Died: 1918
Died: July 25
Theologian
University Teacher
Rochester
New York
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Sameness
Theologian
Fundamentally
Fundamentals
Humanity
History
Humans
Always
Antiquated

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