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In actual life a downward movement may sometimes be made the beginning of an ascent.

Aldous Huxley

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Aldous Huxley
Age: 69 †
Born: 1894
Born: July 26
Died: 1963
Died: November 22
Novelist
Philosopher
Poet
Professor
Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
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Writer
Godalming
Surrey
Aldous Leonard Huxley
Life
Downward
Ascent
Actual
Beginning
Movement
May
Sometimes
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