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Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having given up on the problem of an efficient way to get himself five miles to work and back each day.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Given
Efficient
Problem
Shoot
Back
Miles
Work
Anger
Way
Animal
Men
Five
Space
Interplanetary
Society
Intends

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