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Quote by J.B.S. Haldane
While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense

While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense with its martyrs, I cannot avoid the suspicion that with a little more thought and a little less belief their number may be substantially reduced. – J.B.S. Haldane

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