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  • Ben Hecht Quote - Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.
  • Ben Hecht Quote - Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.
  • Ben Hecht Quote - Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.
  • Ben Hecht Quote - Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.
  • Ben Hecht Quote - Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.
  • Ben Hecht Quote - Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.
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Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.

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