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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
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Lecturer
Nurse
Peace Activist
Philosopher
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