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The chief trouble with religion has been too much dependence upon names or words. People fail to discriminate. They do not think. Generally people who think for themselves, instead of thinking according to the rules laid down by others, are considered unfaithful to the established order. In that respect I, too, differ with the established order and established designations.

The chief trouble with religion has been too much dependence upon names or words. People fail to discriminate. They do not think. Generally people who think for themselves, instead of thinking according to the rules laid down by others, are considered unfaithful to the established order. In that respect I, too, differ with the established order and established designations.

Approximate author period: c. 1887 AD · industrial

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Luther Burbank
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Approximate author period: c. 1887 AD · industrial
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Luther Burbank, based on documented lifetime 1849 to 1926. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q333419 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q333419 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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