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We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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Christian Nestell Bovee
Age: 83 †
Born: 1820
Born: February 22
Died: 1904
Died: January 18
Poet
New York City
New York
bovee
C. N. Bovee
Proportion
Ignorance
Fear
Things
Life

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