The arguments for purity of life fail of their due influence, not because they have been considered and confuted, but because they have been passed over without consideration. (Samuel Johnson)

The arguments for purity of life fail of their due influence, not because they have been considered and confuted, but because they have been passed over without consideration.

Samuel Johnson

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