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To have a liberal temperament is a kind of psychological boon, To be able to understand that someone you disagree with is not just a terrible creature but somebody with whom you disagree.

Peter Gay

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Peter Gay
Age: 91 †
Born: 1923
Born: June 20
Died: 2015
Died: May 12
Autobiographer
Cultural Historian
Historian
Professor
Psychologist
University Teacher
Writer
Berlin
Germany
Peter Joachim Fröhlich
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