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Havelock Ellis

"In the early days of Christianity the exercise of chastity was frequently combined with a close and romantic intimacy of affection between the sexes which shocked austere moralists."

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"In the early days of Christianity the exercise of chastity was frequently combined with a close and romantic intimacy of affection between the sexes which shocked austere moralists."

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"The Jews and the Arabs should settle their dispute in the true spirit of Christian charity."

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"It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success."
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