“Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand
With a grip that kills it.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

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Fireflies (1928)
Context: p>Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand
With a grip that kills it.Wishing to hearten a timid lamp
great night lights all her stars.</p

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Bengali polymath 1861–1941

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“Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand
With a grip that kills it.”