R. A. Schwaller Quotes

Can it really be said that before the day of our pretentious science, humanity was composed solely of imbeciles and the superstitious?

R. A. Schwaller

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• Can it really be said that before the day of our pretentious science, humanity was composed solely of imbeciles and the superstitious?

  

  R. A. Schwaller
  • Science
  • Humanity
  • Pretentious