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Our assignment was to topple this prudish, judgmental civilization. And it worked.

Timothy Leary

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Timothy Leary
Age: 75 †
Born: 1920
Born: October 22
Died: 1996
Died: May 31
Actor
Psychologist
Writer
Springfield
Massachusetts
Timothy Francis Leary
Prudish
Topple
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Judgmental
Worked
Civilization

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