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title: "6 Mankind Lived Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [Before the curse of statistics fell upon mankind we lived a happy, innocent life, full of merriment and go and informed by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilaire-belloc/before-the-curse-of-statistics-fell-upon-mankind-we-lived-a-happy/)

[Hilaire Belloc](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilaire-belloc/)

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> [Only yesterday mankind lived in fear of the scourges of smallpox, cholera and plague that once swept nations before them. Now our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-carson/only-yesterday-mankind-lived-in-fear-of-the-scourges-of-smallpox/)

[Rachel Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-carson/)

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> [“With so much utter insanity all about, a man had to keep a clear head. Clement reckoned a scientist could actually chart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-uris/with-so-much-utter-insanity-all-about-a-man-had-to-keep-a-clear-head/)

[Leon Uris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-uris/)

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> [“But what about justice?—Justice! Look who wants justice! Most of mankind has lived and died without—totally without it. People by the billions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-bellow/but-what-about-justice-justice-look-who-wants-justice-most-of-mankind/)

[Saul Bellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-bellow/)

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> [For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/for-millions-of-years-mankind-lived-just-like-the-animals-then/)

[Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/)

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> [“For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/for-millions-of-years-mankind-lived-just-like-the-animals-then-2/)

[Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/)

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