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An animal so poor in spirit that he won't even fight on his own behalf is already an evolutionary dead end the best he can do for his breed is to crawl off and die, and not pass on his defective genes.
Robert A. Heinlein
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Robert A. Heinlein
Age: 80 †
Born: 1907
Born: July 7
Died: 1988
Died: May 8
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Robert Anson Heinlein
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Lyle Monroe
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