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The first man to see an illusion by which men have flourished for centuries surely stands in a lonely place.

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Gary Zukav
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 17
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Soldier
Port Arthur
Texas
Illusion
Century
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Firsts
Flourished
First
Centuries
Men
Surely
Stands
Lonely

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