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The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true by the philosopher as equally false and by the magistrate as equally useful.

The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true by the philosopher as equally false and by the magistrate as equally useful.

Approximate author period: c. 1765 AD · early modern

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Edward Gibbon
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Approximate author period: c. 1765 AD · early modern
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