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People tolerate those they fear further than those they love.

E. W. Howe

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E. W. Howe
Age: 84 †
Born: 1853
Born: May 3
Died: 1937
Died: October 3
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Journalist
Novelist
Edgar Watson Howe
Tolerate
Anxiety
Fear
Love
People

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