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“According to our social science, we can be or become wise in all matters of secondary importance, but we have to be resigned to utter ignorance in the most important respect: we cannot have any knowledge regarding the ultimate principles of our choices, i.e. regarding their soundness or unsoundness... We are then in the position of beings who are sane and sober when engaged in trivial business and who gamble like madmen when confronted with serious issues.”

ImportantMatterChoicesSocialPrinciplesIssuesWisePositionIgnoranceSeriousUltimateImportanceEngagedSaneSoberGambleMadmenOur ChoicesSocial ScienceResignedSoundnessSerious IssuesUnsoundness
Author:Leo Strauss
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“Unsoundness in a slave, as well as in a horse, detracts materially from his value. If no warranty is given, a close examination is a matter of particular importance to the Negro jockey.”

IfsWellsMatterValuesGivenParticularImportanceHorseSlaveExaminationJockeysWarrantyUnsoundness
Book:Slave Narratives Compilation: Twelve Years A Slave, My Bondage and My Freedom, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave
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“My earlier views of the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation and the human origin of the scriptures have become clearer and stronger with advancing years, and I see no reason for thinking I shall ever change them.”

ThinkingYearsHumansReasonChristianReligionViewsAtheismStrongerSalvationScripturePresidentialNo ReasonSchemesChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateAdvancingFounding Fathers ChristianFounding Fathers ReligionSeparation Between Church And StateUnsoundness
Author:Abraham Lincoln
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