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I despise the cowardly clinging to life, purely for the sake of life, that seems so deeply ingrained in the American temperament.

Christopher Lasch

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Christopher Lasch
Age: 61 †
Born: 1932
Born: June 1
Died: 1994
Died: February 14
Historian
Journalist
Social Critic
Sociologist
Writer
Omaha
Nebraska
Robert Christopher Lasch
Life
Cowardly
Temperament
Purely
Despise
Deeply
Sake
American
Ingrained
Seems
Clinging

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