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Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values.

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Allen Tate
Age: 79 †
Born: 1899
Born: November 19
Died: 1979
Died: February 9
Author
Literary Critic
Poet
University Teacher
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Winchester
Kentucky
John Orley Allen Tate
Validating
Sole
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Values
Religion

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