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In any evolutionary process, even in the arts, the search for novelty becomes corrupting.
Kenneth E. Boulding
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Kenneth E. Boulding
Age: 83 †
Born: 1910
Born: January 18
Died: 1993
Died: March 18
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City of Liverpool
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