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The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in times of equality.

Alexis de Tocqueville

French Historian

Born: Jul 29, 1805

Died: Apr 16, 1859

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Business, Equality, Men, Control, Religions, Restrain, Purify, Excessive, Main, Exclusive, Well-Being, Times, Taste, Which, Acquire

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