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“Freedom like charity, begins at home. No man is worthy to fight in the cause of freedom unless he has conquered his internal masters. He must learn control and discipline over the disastrous passions that would lead him to folly and ruin. He must conquer inordinate vanity and anger, self-deception, fear, and inhibition.”

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Book:Rebels & Devils; A Tribute to Christopher S. Hyatt
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Author:Huston Smith
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