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It must be remembered that there is no real reason to expect anything in particular from mankind good and evil are local expedients - or their lack - and not in any sense cosmic truths or laws.

H. P. Lovecraft

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H. P. Lovecraft
Age: 46 †
Born: 1890
Born: August 20
Died: 1937
Died: March 15
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