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Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.

Sigmund Freud

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Sigmund Freud
Age: 83 †
Born: 1856
Born: May 6
Died: 1939
Died: September 23
Essayist
Neurologist
Philosopher
Psychiatrist
Psychoanalyst
Psychologist
Freiberg
Sigismund Schlomo Freud
Freud
Persons
Angry
Person
Rock
Firsts
Rocks
First
Civilization
Antiwar
Time
Instead
Moderation
Word
Cast
Peace
Casts
War
Began

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