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The way of the world is, to praise dead saints, and persecute livi

The way of the world is, to praise dead saints, and persecute living ones. – Nathaniel Howe

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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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I am as content to die for Gods eternal truth on the scaffold as in any other way. – John Mason Brown

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