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— Gotthold Ephraim Lessing"The superstition in which we were brought up never loses its power over us, even after we understand it."
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Pedantry and bigotry are millstones, able to sink the best book which carries the least part of their dead weight. The temper of the pedagogue suits not with the age; and the world, however it may be taught, will not be tutored.
— Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
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