If we admit that some infinite being has controlled the destinies of persons and peoples, history becomes a most cruel and bloody farce. (Robert G. Ingersoll)

If we admit that some infinite being has controlled the destinies of persons and peoples, history becomes a most cruel and bloody farce.

Robert G. Ingersoll

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