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By Vexen Crabtree 2000 Jan 17

"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to read only in parts; others to be read, but not [with great care]; and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention"

"The Essays" by Francis Bacon, 1625



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High priestess of the Church Of Satan

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Boswell, John

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Kevin Harris

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Harrison, Paul

Founder of the World Pantheist Movement

the elements of Pantheism
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Graham Harvey & Charlotte Hardman

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Christopher Hitchens

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Joachin Kahl

The misery of Christianity - a plea for Humanity without God
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Salman Rushdie

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Bertrand Russell

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By Vexen Crabtree 2000 Jan 17

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Bacon, Francis
"The Essays". Original works completed by 1625. Published in 1985 by Penguin Books, London, UK.