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All that mankind has ever learned is nothing more than a single grain of sand on a beach that reaches to infinity.

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H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: January 1
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Tennessee
United States
Sand
Beach
Mankind
Single
Learned
Ever
Reaches
Nothing
Infinity
Grain

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