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Carl Sagan - They were well educated. Products of the...
They were well educated. Products of the European Enlightenment, they were students of history. They knew human fallibility and weakness and corruptibility. (Carl Sagan)

They were well educated. Products of the European Enlightenment, they were students of history. They knew human fallibility and weakness and corruptibility.

Carl Sagan

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