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His was not a small mind bothered by logic and consistency.
Robert A. Heinlein
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Robert A. Heinlein
Age: 80 †
Born: 1907
Born: July 7
Died: 1988
Died: May 8
Essayist
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Naval Officer
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Butler
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Robert Anson Heinlein
Anson MacDonald
Lyle Monroe
John Riverside
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