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Voltaire Quotes: If mankind were born tomorrow it would divide into groups; each would scramble to invent their one and only god, and set about butchering each-other.
         

If mankind were born tomorrow it would divide into groups; each would scramble to invent their one and only god, and set about butchering each-other.


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