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The happiest thing that can be said about democracy... is that it is one of the few systems that has been willing to risk a long period of confusion and mixed purposes for the sake of giving man a chance to grow up in mind and responsibility.

Harry Allen Overstreet

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Harry Allen Overstreet
Age: 94 †
Born: 1875
Born: October 25
Died: 1970
Died: August 17
Philosopher
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Government
Grow
Happiest
Giving
Risk
Mixed
Thing
Willing
Purposes
Long
Democracy
Systems
Mind
Responsibility
Confusion
Men
Grows
Period
Chance
Sake
Purpose
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