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It suddenly occurred to me that every move on the chessboard is old and has been played by somebody at some time. Maybe our own history has been played out by somebody at some time, and we just move our pieces about in the same moves to strike in the same way as people have always done.

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Karel Capek
Age: 48 †
Born: 1890
Born: January 9
Died: 1938
Died: December 25
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