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138 of thousands of years, its inhabitants will after that time feel that they know less than we now think we know, because as knowledge and intelligence increase, the greater that increase is, the greater will be man's ability to realize his own littleness. In your day some great thinkers presumed to state that there was no God, but when greater knowledge came to mankind this state of presumptuous thought was banished, I hope, for ever."