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Edward Gibbon Quotes: Such events may be disbelieved or disregarded; but the charity of a bishop, Acacius of Amida, whose name might have dignified the saintly calendar, shall not be lost in oblivion.
         

Such events may be disbelieved or disregarded; but the charity of a bishop, Acacius of Amida, whose name might have dignified the saintly calendar, shall not be lost in oblivion.


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In the end, they wanted security more than they wanted freedom.



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We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.





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