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The Pope: "When scholars and scientists dispute the Word of God as set forth in the Holy Bible and interpreted by me ... they must be destroyed and their works with them! Not to mention the hellish works of women ... women's art, women's literature, and women's inventions ... all were preserved in this Library! They must all be BURNED and we must eliminate the evidence they ever existed! Understand, this is no loss! They are worthless, for works produced by women, however seemingly wise, are inspired by the Devil!!!"
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"During many ages there were witches. The Bible said so. The Bible commanded that they should not be allowed to live. Therefore the Church, after doing its duty in but a lazy and indolent way for eight hundrd years, gathered up its halters, thumbscrews, and firebrands, and set about its holy work in earnest. She worked hard at it night and day during nine centuries and imprisoned, torutred, hanged, and burned whole hordes and armies of witchs, and washed the Christian world clean with their foul blood. The it was discovered that there was no such thing as witches, and never had been. One doesn't know whether to laugh or cry. Who discovered there was no such thing as a witch --- the priest, the parson? No, these never discover anything ..."
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