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Fanaticism and bigotry require any food but common sense and reason, which would break the charm of those spellbound fanatics.

Anne Royall

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Anne Royall
Age: 85 †
Born: 1769
Born: June 11
Died: 1854
Died: October 1
Journalist
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Writer
Baltimore
Maryland
Anne Newport
Charm
Atheism
Food
Break
Spellbound
Common
Fanaticism
Sense
Fanatics
Reason
Bigotry
Would
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