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We make versions, and true versions make worlds.
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Nelson Goodman
Age: 92 †
Born: 1906
Born: August 7
Died: 1998
Died: November 25
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Somerville
Massachusetts
Henry Nelson Goodman
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An answer, once found, is dull and the only remaining interest lies in a further effort to render equally dull what is still obscure enough to be intriguing.
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