Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a… — John Morley · Skopia

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Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat.

1872

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John Viscount Morley John Morley

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Morley, John Viscount. Voltaire. London: Chapman and Hall, 1872, ch. 1.

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