Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgement when we have not. (John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury)

Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgement when we have not.

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

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