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Creation of something out of nothing is the most primitive of human passions and the most optimistic

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Christina Stead
Age: 80 †
Born: 1902
Born: July 17
Died: 1983
Died: March 31
Novelist
Politician
Short Story Writer
Translator
Writer
Rockdale City
Passions
Optimistic
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Passion
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Humans
Nothing
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Primitive

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