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All invitations must proceed from heaven perhaps perhaps it is futile for men to initiate their own unity, they do but widen the gulfs between them by the attempt.

E. M. Forster

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E. M. Forster
Age: 91 †
Born: 1879
Born: January 1
Died: 1970
Died: June 7
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Essayist
Librettist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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London
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Edward Morgan Forster
E Forster
EM Forster
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Invitations
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Heaven
Widen
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