The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.

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The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.

Matthew Arnold

God and the Bible · 1875

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1875

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Matthew Arnold

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Arnold, Matthew. God and the Bible. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1875.

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