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"If I have brought any message today, it is this: Have the courage to have your wisdom regarded as st..." — Antonin Scalia
If I have brought any message today, it is this: Have the courage to have your wisdom regarded as stupidity. Be fools for Christ. And have the courage to suffer the contempt of the sophisticated world.
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