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How could I be anything but a dissenter? Who wants the opinion of a group?

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Saul Bellow
Age: 89 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 10
Died: 2005
Died: April 5
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Essayist
Novelist
University Teacher
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Solomon Bellows
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Groups
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Opinion
Anything
Dissenter
Conformity

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