"There is a middle position, represented by the judgment of serious, right-minded men, which commends itself to the commonsense public. I need not say that I believe that position to be mine; I may deceive myself. But the folly of some of the theories is as repugnant to me as the foolishness of some of the legends. I think even that if I had to choose I should prefer the legends, for in them at least there is always some poetry and something of the soul of a people."
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Louis Marie Olivier Duchesne
Louis Marie Olivier Duchesne (13 September 1843 – 21 April 1922) was a French priest.
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