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Calvin Coolidge: Superstition and sham cannot stand before intelligence and reality.

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Superstition and sham cannot stand before intelligence and reality.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

He contrasts ignorance with knowledge, suggesting that truth will ultimately prevail.

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