There are people who believe everything is sane and sensible that is done with a solemn face.
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Do we write books so that they shall merely be read Don't we also write them for employment in the household For one that is read from start to finish, thousands are leafed through, other thousands lie motionless, others are jammed against mouseholes.
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Theologians always try to turn the Bible into a book without common sense.
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Reason now gazes above the realm of the dark but warm feelings as the Alpine peaks do above the clouds. They behold the sun more clearly and distinctly, but they are cold and unfruitful.
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Doubt everything at least once, even the sentence Two times two is four.
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