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Romantic poetry and fiction of the last 2000 years has blinded us to the fact that emotions are a low form of jungle consciousness. Emotional actions are the most contracted, dangerous form of fanatic stupor.

Timothy Leary

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Timothy Leary
Age: 75 †
Born: 1920
Born: October 22
Died: 1996
Died: May 31
Actor
Psychologist
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Springfield
Massachusetts
Timothy Francis Leary
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