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...two thirds of all sorrow is homemade and, so far as the universe is concerned, unnecessary.

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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
Screenwriter
Writer
Godalming
Surrey
Aldous Leonard Huxley
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Universe
Two
Homemade
Irreversible
Unnecessary
Thirds
Sorrow

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