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Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons.

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
Screenwriter
Writer
Godalming
Surrey
Aldous Leonard Huxley
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Demons
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Thanks
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Level
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Words
Sunk
Language
Brutes

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