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As knowledge grew, fear decreased men thought less of worshiping the unknown, and more of overcoming it.

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Will Durant
Age: 96 †
Born: 1885
Born: November 5
Died: 1981
Died: November 7
Historian
Philosopher
Writer
North Adams
Massachusetts
William James Will Durant
William James Durant
Unknown
Overcoming
Grew
Knowledge
Less
Fear
Thought
Men
Decreased

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Nature smiles at the union of freedom and equality in our utopias. For freedom and equality are sworn and everlasting enemies, and when one prevails the other dies.
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To rulers religion, like almost everything else, is a tool of power.
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Paul created a theology of which none but the vaguest warrants can be found in the words of Christ.
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It came to me that reform should begin at home, and since that day I have not had time to remake the world.
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Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.
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The concentration of wealth is a natural result of this concentration of ability, and regularly recurs in history. The rate of concentration varies (other factors being equal) with the economic freedom permitted by morals and laws.
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