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In every dialogue and discourse, we must be able to say to those who take offence, "Of what do you complain?"
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To begin by pitying unbelievers; they are wretched enough by their condition. We ought only to revile them where it is beneficial; but this does them harm.
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To pity atheists who seek, for are they not unhappy enough? To inveigh against those who make a boast of it.
