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There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and tens of thousands, of years ago. The outward form changes. The essence does not change.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Age: 44 †
Born: 1850
Born: November 13
Died: 1894
Died: December 3
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Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson
Robert Luis Stivensoni
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Robert Loui Sitivensin
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When I say writing, O believe me, it is rewriting that I have chiefly in mind.
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I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.
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To believe in immortality is one thing, but it is first needful to believe in life.
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