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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
Born
Anything
Everything
Except
Men
Unique
Meaning
Humanity
Animal
Existence

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