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The most human thing about anyone is a thing he learns and ... and earns. It's a thing he can't have when he's very young if he gets it at all, he gets it after a long search and a deep conviction. After that it's truly part of him as long as he lives.

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Theodore Sturgeon
Age: 67 †
Born: 1918
Born: February 26
Died: 1985
Died: May 8
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E. Waldo Hunter
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