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Quote by Lafcadio Hearn
Is woman a religion? Well, perhaps you will have the chance of jud

Is woman a religion? Well, perhaps you will have the chance of judging for yourselves if you go to America. There you will find men treating women with just the same respect formerly accorded only to religious dignitaries or to great nobles. – Lafcadio Hearn

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There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry – the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling her natural destiny. – Lafcadio Hearn

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Poetry
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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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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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respect
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Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst. – Thomas Paine

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All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry. – Edgar Allen Poe

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God has always resembled his creators. He hated and loved what they hated and loved and he was invariably found on the side of those in power. – Robert G. Ingersoll

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Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God. – E. Stanley Jones

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