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“If they exert it not for good, they will for evil if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance.”

Frances Wright · Knowledge

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Frances Wright

Equality is the soul of liberty there is, in fact, no liberty without it.

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If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all things, according to evidence, we should do more wisely to sit down contented in ignorance, than to bestir ourselves only to reap disappointment.

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Frances Wright

These will vary in every human being but knowledge is the same for every mind, and every mind may and ought to be trained to receive it.

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Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown.

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