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Fear was given to man as a cautionary device to spare him pain it is not mean to be cultivated and abused.
Paramahansa Yogananda
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Paramahansa Yogananda
Age: 59 †
Born: 1893
Born: January 5
Died: 1952
Died: March 7
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