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In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last.

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Hugh Walpole
Age: 57 †
Born: 1884
Born: March 13
Died: 1941
Died: June 1
Novelist
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Tāmaki Makaurau
Science
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Precedes
Better
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