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Book: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1: 180-395
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  1. Edward Gibbon _ The Decline and Fall of the

    The attack of a man, equipped with erudition, and of perfectly sober judgment, on cherished beliefs and revered institutions, must always excite the interest, by irritating the passions, of men.
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  2. Edward Gibbon _ The Decline and Fall of the

    The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful. And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord.
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  3. Edward Gibbon _ The Decline and Fall of the

    Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition,
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