I have no faith in human perfectibility. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active -- not more happy -- nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. - Edgar Allan Poe

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Edgar Allan Poe: "I have no faith in human perfectibility. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active -- not more happy -- nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago."

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Active	Appreciable	Effect	Exertion
Faith	Happy	Human	Humanity
Perfectibility	Think	Upon	Wise
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