By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him. - Erasmus

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By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him.

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Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (27 October 1466 – 12 July 1536) was a Dutch philosopher, humanist and theologian.

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