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A hero is not a champion of things become, but of things becoming the dragon to be slain by him is precisely the monster of the status quo.

Joseph Campbell

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Joseph Campbell
Age: 83 †
Born: 1904
Born: March 26
Died: 1987
Died: October 30
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