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The Perfectionists

Criminal

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The Rise and Fall of John Humphrey Nois

Nois controlled the community through their sex lives. And part of that power came from his own sexual charisma. As he grew older and entered his 60s, he started to lose that. The second generation of O'Nida young men had been sent to college to Yale. They did not believe that John Humphrey Nois was God's messenger on earth as he presented himself. So there was a rebellion of sorts.

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