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Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it—religious fanaticism.

Clarence Darrow

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Clarence Darrow
Age: 80 †
Born: 1857
Born: April 18
Died: 1938
Died: March 13
Lawyer
Writer
Clarence Seward Darrow
Clarence S. Darrow
Danger
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Education
Religious
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Hampered
Fanaticism

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