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The essence of dramatic tragedy is not unhappiness. It resides in the solemnity of the remorseless working of things.

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Garrett Hardin
Age: 88 †
Born: 1915
Born: April 21
Died: 2003
Died: September 14
Biologist
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University Teacher
Dallas
Texas
Garrett James Hardin
Garrett J. Hardin
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The god who is reputed to have created fleas to keep dogs from moping over their situation must also have created fundamentalists to keep rationalists from getting flabby. Let us be duly thankful for out blessings.
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