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It Is Useless To Deny, And Impossible To Conceal, That A Great Part Of Europe, The Whole Of Italy And France, And A Great Portion Of Germany, To Say Nothing Of Other Countries - Is Covered With A Network Of These Secret Societies, Just As The Superfices Of The Earth Are Being Covered With Railroads.

-Benjamin Disraeli

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It Is Useless To

Benjamin Disraeli

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It Is Useless To Deny, And Impossible To Conceal, That A Great Part Of Europe, The Whole Of Italy And France, And A Great Portion Of Germany, To Say Nothing Of Other Countries - Is Covered With A Network Of These Secret Societies, Just As The Superfices Of The Earth Are Being Covered With Railroads.

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Genius, When Young, Is Divine.

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Bore: One Who Has The Power Of Speech But Not The Capacity For Conversation.

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I Am Bound To Furnish My Antagonists With Arguments, But Not With Comprehension.

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Modern Science Has Vindicated The Natural Equality Of Man.

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Life Is Too Short To Be Little. Man Is Never So Manly As When He Feels Deeply, Acts Boldly, And Expresses Himself With Frankness And With Fervour.

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