We often excuse our own want of philanthropy by giving the name of fanaticism to the more ardent zeal of others. (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

We often excuse our own want of philanthropy by giving the name of fanaticism to the more ardent zeal of others.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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