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A wise architect observed that you could break the laws of architectural art provided you had mastered them first. That would apply to religion as well as to art. Ignorance of the past does not guarantee freedom from its imperfections.

Source: Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic, 1930.
-- Reinhold Niebuhr, (Jun 21 1892-1971), US theologian, author; He pioneered the philosophy of Christian realism; wrote Nature and Destiny of Man, 1943; received Medal of Freedom, 1964.

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