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The Fox in the Attic (1961)
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Has there ever been a revolution which didn't end in less freedom? Because, has there ever been a revolution which wasn't essentially just one more desperate wriggle by mankind to escape from freedom.
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Nature is as wasteful of promising young men as she is of fish-spawn. It's not just getting them killed in wars: mere middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden deaths do.
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I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
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Richard Hughes
Born:
April 19, 1900
Died:
April 28, 1976
(aged 76)
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