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Quote by David Hume
Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of

Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge. – David Hume

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The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and as it strengthens virtue. – David Hume

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