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One might point to the great illumination that has resulted from Freud's analysis of the abracadabra of our dreams. No one can any longer dismiss the fantasy because it is logically inconsistent, superficially absurd, or objectively untrue.

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
Fantasy
Logically
Dreams
Freud
Longer
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Illumination
Dream
Inconsistent
Abracadabra
Might
Untrue
Superficially
Great
Absurd
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