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It is a law of nature we overlook, that intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, danger, and trouble.

H. G. Wells

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