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Quote by Lafcadio Hearn
It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers tha

It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed more rapidly in every other respect than in morality. – Lafcadio Hearn

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I often imagine that the longer he studies English literature the more the Japanese student must be astonished at the extraordinary predominance given to the passion of love both in fiction and in poetry. – Lafcadio Hearn

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A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind. – Lafcadio Hearn

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Knowledge
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At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version and this is the great literary monument of the English language. – Lafcadio Hearn

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famous
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I am very proud to come back, to speak on the disinterested effort we have made and I believe that, with all due respect, that the decisions we made, when we turned our final report over to President Johnson, will stand in history. – John Sherman Cooper

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