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My old man claimed that the more complicated the law the more opportunity for scoundrels.

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
Novelist
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Science Fiction Writer
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Missouri
Robert Anson Heinlein
Anson MacDonald
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Caleb Saunders
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