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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, and you will make of their circumstances the litter you have made of your own.

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Charles Fort
Age: 57 †
Born: 1874
Born: August 6
Died: 1932
Died: May 3
Autobiographer
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Researcher
Science Fiction Writer
Ufologist
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Albany
New York
Charles Hoy Fort
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