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If only people would realize that moral principles are like measles.... They have to be caught. And only the people who've got them can pass on the contagion.

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Aldous Huxley
Age: 69 †
Born: 1894
Born: July 26
Died: 1963
Died: November 22
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Aldous Leonard Huxley
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