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Tolerance of diversity is imperative, because without it, life would lose its savor. Progress in the arts, in the sciences, in the patterns of social adjustment springs from diversity and depends upon a tolerance of individual deviations from conventional ways and attitudes.

Alan Barth

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Alan Barth
Age: 73 †
Born: 1906
Born: January 1
Died: 1979
Died: November 20
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