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Quote by William Cowper
Fanaticism soberly defined, is the false fire of an over heated mi

Fanaticism soberly defined, is the false fire of an over heated mind. – William Cowper

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Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful lesson to the head and learning wiser grow without his books. – William Cowper

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The spirit of our American radicalism is destructive and aimless; it is not loving; it has no ulterior and divine ends; but is destructive only out of hatred and selfishness. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Just as every conviction begins as a whim so does every emancipator serve his apprenticeship as a crank. A fanatic is a great leader who is just entering the room. – Heywood Broun

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So over violent, or over civil that every man with him was God or Devil. – John Dryden

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