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It Is Mere Childishness To Expect Men To Believe As Their Fathers Did; That Is, If They Have Any Minds Of Their Own. The World Is A Whole Generation Older And Wiser Than When The Father Was Of His Son's Age.
-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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It Is Mere Childishness To Expect Men

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
It Is Mere Childishness To Expect Men To Believe As Their Fathers Did; That Is, If They Have Any Minds Of Their Own. The World Is A Whole Generation Older And Wiser Than When The Father Was Of His Son's Age.
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