Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration - courage, clear thinking, honesty, fairness, and, above … - H. L. Mencken

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You have to study your field and you have to find out how other people do it, and you have to keep working and learning and practicing and ultimately, you would be able to do it.

H. L. Mencken

Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration - courage, clear thinking, honesty, fairness, and, above all, love of the truth.

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