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The statistics show that a large majority die under five years of…

Quote byRobert Green Ingersoll · 1833–1899

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "To the Indianapolis Clergy." The Iconoclast (Indianapolis, IN) (1883).

English (original)

The statistics show that a large majority die under five years of age. What would we think of a schoolmaster who killed the most of his pupils the first day?

— Robert Green Ingersoll

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