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Science, my lad, has been built upon many errors but they are errors which it was good to fall into, for they led to the truth.

Jules Verne

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Jules Verne
Age: 77 †
Born: 1828
Born: February 8
Died: 1905
Died: March 24
Esperantist
Geographer
Librettist
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
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Jules Gabriel Verne
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Science
Truth
Many
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Lad

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