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In the advance of civilization, it is new knowledge which paves the way, and the pavement is eternal.

Willis R. Whitney

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Willis R. Whitney
Age: 89 †
Born: 1868
Born: August 22
Died: 1958
Died: January 9
Chemist
Jamestown
New York
Eternity
Civilization
Eternal
Knowledge
Way
Paves
Pavement
Advance

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