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"QI has located no evidence for the existence of this quotation in the 1860s, 1870s, or 1880s. The earliest citation known to QI appeared in an 1893 text titled “Verbum Dei: The Yale Lectures on Preaching”"
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/02/09/darwinism-hope-pray/
“Let us hope it is not true, or if it is, let us hush it up.”
The punch line evolves:
“Let us hope it is not true, or if it is, sell doubt”
“Let us hope it is not true, or if it is, trash the author”
"We are apes! Embrace it. Name Jim Jordan as Speaker of the House."
