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Christianity is most admirably adapted to the training of slaves, to the perpetuation of a slave society.

Emma Goldman

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Emma Goldman
Age: 70 †
Born: 1869
Born: June 27
Died: 1940
Died: May 14
Anarchist
Autobiographer
Feminist
Journalist
Lecturer
Nurse
Peace Activist
Philosopher
Political Activist
Political Philosopher
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Kovno
Christianity
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Admirably
Perpetuation
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Slaves
Slave
Atheism

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