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“Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou.”

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Akhenaten, a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, whose exact birth and death dates are unknown. During his reign, he implemented a religious reform that attempted to transform the Egyptian religion from polytheism to monotheism, which had a profound impact on Egyptian history. more

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