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It is not the light of human reason but the darkness of the wisdom of the serpent.
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gutenberg.orgCalvin Coolidge: “It is not the light of human reason but the darkness of the wisdom of the serpent.”
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Coolidge contrasts human reason with deceptive wisdom, emphasizing moral clarity.
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