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Fear walks through the City, fear without name, without shape. All men feel it and none dare to speak.
Fear walks through the City, fear without name, without shape. All men feel it and none dare to speak.
Approximate author period: c. 1943 AD · modern
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- Ayn Rand
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- Approximate author period: c. 1943 AD · modern
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