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The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
-Archibald MacLeish
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The Dissenter Is Every Human Being At

Archibald MacLeish
The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
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