Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing but there are many fine things which we cannot say if we have to shout.
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No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof. What everybody echoes or in silence passes by as true to-day may turn out to be falsehood to-morrow.
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