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It is exciting and emancipating to believe we are one of nature's latest experiments, but what if the experiment is unsuccessful?

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V. S. Pritchett
Age: 96 †
Born: 1900
Born: December 16
Died: 1997
Died: March 20
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Ipswich (parish)
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