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johnnyreb

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13. "Strange times are these, in which we live, forsooth ;"

Reply to woo me with science (Reply #8)

Sat May 30, 2015, 12:03 AM

May 2015

Strange times are these, in which we live, forsooth ;
When young and old are taught in Falsehood's school:–
And the man who dares to tell the truth,
Is called at once a lunatic and fool.

—George Francis Train, as quoted in Pen Sketches of Nebraskans

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Wasn't there some famous quotation woo me with science May 2015 #8

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