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Keep fear out of your child's mind, as you would keep poison out of his body for fear is the deadliest of mental poisons.
Orison Swett Marden
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Orison Swett Marden
Age: 75 †
Born: 1848
Born: June 11
Died: 1924
Died: March 10
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Medical Writer
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New Hampshire
United States
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