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I never yet heard of a useless thing that was not ground out of existence by evolution sooner or later. Did you? And pain gets needless.

H. G. Wells

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H. G. Wells
Age: 79 †
Born: 1866
Born: January 1
Died: 1946
Died: January 1
Historian
Idist
Journalist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Sociologist
Writer
Bromley
London
Wells
Herbert George
Herbert George Wells
H.G. Wells
Evolution
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Gets
Heard
Existence
Needless
Pain
Sooner
Thing
Useless
Never
Ground

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