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A nation without dregs and malcontents is orderly, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come.

Eric Hoffer

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Eric Hoffer
Age: 84 †
Born: 1898
Born: July 25
Died: 1983
Died: May 21
Philosopher
Psychologist
Writer
New York City
New York
Peace
Orderly
Come
Seed
Without
Pleasant
Things
Seeds
Love
Peaceful
Nation
Malcontents
Perhaps
Malcontent
Nations
Dregs

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