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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2445839, member: 19463&quot;]All generations believe they are the last with any amount of sense.&nbsp; They read into history what is necessary to prove that fact.&nbsp; Brutus was a fanatic Republican convinced the last good in the state was when his ancestors killed tyrants.&nbsp; He even issued a coin showing them.&nbsp; Of course mine is a fourree.&nbsp; Was there any doubt it would be?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]510507[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I like the quote by George Santayana, &quot;Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.&quot;&nbsp; He was the same guy more famous for, &quot;Those who can not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.&quot;&nbsp; He also said, &quot;the old man who will not laugh is a fool.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, I took a class in Philosophy in college. Most of what I learned in Science classes no longer holds up to current thought but Philosophy has done better. One more: &quot;Theory helps us bear our ignorance of fact.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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