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In the world of ideas everything was clear in life all was obscure, embroiled.

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
Obscure
Clear
Ideas
Everything
Life
World
Embroiled

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