I have lived long enough to know what I did not at one time believe--that no society can be upheld in happiness and honor without the sentiment of religion. (Pierre-Simon Laplace)

I have lived long enough to know what I did not at one time believe--that no society can be upheld in happiness and honor without the sentiment of religion.

Pierre-Simon Laplace

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