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Eric Hoffer quote: "To know a person's religion we need not listen to his..."

To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.

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I am SHADOW, and my dwelling is near to the. Catacombs of Ptolemais, and hard by those dim plains of Helusionwhich border upon the foul Charonian canal." And then did we, theseven, start from our seats in horror, and stand trembling, andshuddering, and aghast, for the tones in the voice of the shadow werenot the tones of any one being, but of a multitude of beings, and, varying in their cadences from syllable to syllable fell duskly uponour ears in the well-remembered and familiar accents of... Edgar Allan Poe
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