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Could anything be absurder than a man? The animal who knows everything about himself--except why he was born and the meaning of his unique existence.

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Storm Jameson
Age: 95 †
Born: 1891
Born: January 8
Died: 1986
Died: September 30
Journalist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Whitby
North Yorkshire
Margaret Storm Jameson
Margaret Ethel Storm Jameson
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Animal
Existence
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Anything
Everything
Except
Men
Unique
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To reject censorship after studying the risks involved is very well. To reject it ex cathedra, in the tones of Calvin pronouncing a dogma, eyes and mind closed to the possible consequences, the even marginally possible, is to make things too comfortable for oneself.
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You can't argue with a raging want. You can, but it is useless.
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