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The Confidence-Man Quotes

While religion, contrary to the common notion, implies, in certain cases, a spirit of slow reserve as to assent, infidelity, which claims to despise credulity, is sometimes swift to it.

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Herman Melville - Book Quotes
  • Book: The Confidence-Man
  • Writer: Herman Melville
  • Genre: Satire, Classics, Fiction
  • Published: 1857
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