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The advocates of literal interpretation have been the most efficacious enemies of those doctrines whose nature they profess to venerate.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Percy Bysshe Shelley (1972). “Selected Essays on Atheism”, Ayer Company Pub
The advocates of literal interpretation have been the most efficacious enemies of those doctrines whose nature they profess to venerate.