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If reason is a universal faculty, the decision of the common mind is the nearest criterion of truth.

Source: Address to the Democratic Elector of Massachusetts; in Boston Post, 16 Oct 1835.
-- George Bancroft, (Oct 3 1800-1891), US historian, author; His comprehensive 10-vol. History of U.S. Origins and Development caused him to be called the father of American history.

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