![If the [Vestiges] be true, the labours of sober induction are in vain; religion is a lie; human law is a mass of folly, and a base injustice; morality is moonshine; our labours for the black people of Africa were works of madmen; and man and woman are only better beasts!](/assets/img/quote-photos/if-the-vestiges-be-true-the-labours-of-sober-induction-are-in-vain-religion-i.jpg)
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