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Gertrude Stein Quotes: You are so afraid of losing your moral sense that you are not willing to take it through anything more dangerous than a mud-puddle.
         

You are so afraid of losing your moral sense that you are not willing to take it through anything more dangerous than a mud-puddle.


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