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I write as straight as I can, just as I walk as straight as I can, because that is the best way to get there.

H. G. Wells

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H. G. Wells
Age: 79 †
Born: 1866
Born: January 1
Died: 1946
Died: January 1
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Bromley
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Herbert George
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