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Passionately prejudiced people always turn out, under scrutiny, to be people who cannot get along on a footing of equality with anyone.

Margaret Halsey

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Margaret Halsey
Age: 86 †
Born: 1910
Born: February 13
Died: 1997
Died: February 4
Writer
Yonkers
New York State
People
Equality
Prejudice
Along
Turn
Anyone
Prejudiced
Turns
Footing
Cannot
Passionately
Always
Scrutiny

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