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A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.

Robert Frost

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Robert Frost
Age: 88 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 26
Died: 1963
Died: January 29
Pedagogue
Playwright
Poet
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Robert Lee Frost
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Eccentricity
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Doubtful
Sanity
Tolerate
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Mad
Crazy
Liberty
Tolerates

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