Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart;
for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.
-- James Baldwin, "Nobody Knows My Name" 1961
for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.
-- James Baldwin, "Nobody Knows My Name" 1961
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