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Behind innocence there gathers a clotted mass of superstition, of twisted and misdirected impulse clandestine flirtation, fads, and ragtime fill the unventilated mind.

Walter Lippmann

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Walter Lippmann
Age: 85 †
Born: 1889
Born: September 23
Died: 1974
Died: December 14
Journalist
Politician
Writer
New York City
New York
Mass
Gathers
Behinds
Fads
Behind
Superstition
Mind
Twisted
Clotted
Superstitions
Ragtime
Innocence
Misdirected
Fill
Clandestine
Impulse
Flirtation

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