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All persecution is a sign of fear for if we did not fear the power of an opinion different from our own, we should not mind others holding it.

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Phyllis Bottome
Age: 81 †
Born: 1882
Born: May 31
Died: 1963
Died: August 22
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Phyllis Forbes Dennis
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Opinion
Fear
Others
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Persecution

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