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Too darned good a machine can be a menace, not a help.
John W. Campbell
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John W. Campbell
Age: 61 †
Born: 1910
Born: June 8
Died: 1971
Died: July 11
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John Wood Campbell
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John Wood Campbell Jr.
John Campbell
Don A. Stuart
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