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If we read the words and attitudes of the past through the pompous "wisdom" of the considered moral judgments of the present, we will find nothing but error.


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This page presents the quote "If we read the words and attitudes of the past through the pompous &quot;wisdom&quot; of the considered moral judgments of the present, we will find nothing but error.". Author of this quote is Mark Twain. This quote is about pompous, past, moral, errors, wisdom, attitude,.