Charles Mackay quote: Three causes especially have excited the discontent of mankind; and, by impelling us to seek remedies for the irremediable, have ...

Three causes especially have excited the discontent of mankind; and, by impelling us to seek remedies for the irremediable, have bewildered us in a maze of madness and error. These are death, toil, and the ignorance of the future..

~ Charles Mackay ~

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