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This impressive programme was marked by formidable ambition, but it was marred by a frequent lack of attention which led to an unfortunate number of errors and omissions as well as other eccentricities and made these remarkable books less valuable than they should have been. In 1993 he became the founding Director of two libraries at the new Center for Inquiry associated with the Council for Democratic and Secular Humanism at Amherst, New York, ending his career by laying the foundation of what is planned to be the largest collection of free-thought and sceptical literature in the world.
 
This impressive programme was marked by formidable ambition, but it was marred by a frequent lack of attention which led to an unfortunate number of errors and omissions as well as other eccentricities and made these remarkable books less valuable than they should have been. In 1993 he became the founding Director of two libraries at the new Center for Inquiry associated with the Council for Democratic and Secular Humanism at Amherst, New York, ending his career by laying the foundation of what is planned to be the largest collection of free-thought and sceptical literature in the world.
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Stein was an unusual personality among Americans and humanists, being rather introverted and taciturn, but he was a loyal colleague and a stimulating if abrasive conversationalist.<ref>Walter, Nicolas (6 September 1996). "[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary--gordon-stein-1362027.html Obituary : Gordon Stein]". The Independent. Retrieved 21 November 2013.</ref>
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Stein was an unusual personality among Americans and humanists, being rather introverted and taciturn, but he was a loyal colleague and a stimulating if abrasive conversationalist.<ref>Walter, Nicolas (6 September 1996). "[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary--gordon-stein-1362027.html Obituary : Gordon Stein]". The Independent. Retrieved 21 November 2013.</ref>}}
    
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