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Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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Rule of science: only exclude purpose, and Nature will reveal her causes.
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The dignified catastrophes of tragedy bear little resemblance to the slow ruin inflicted by life.
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