The man of science, the artist, the philosopher are attached to their nations as much as the day-laborer and the merchant.
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All Europe, including Erasmus, has followed Luther.
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Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace.
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Nothing seems to me more doubtful than Aristotle's remark that it is probable the arts and philosophy have several times been discovered and several times lost.
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