Well: what we gain by science is, after all, sadness,

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Well: what we gain by science is, after all, sadness, as the Preacher saith. The more we know of the laws and nature of the Universe the more ghastly a business we perceive it all to be - and the non-necessity of it. - Thomas Hardy

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Author of 'Tess Of The D'urbervilles' and other classics

Born:2nd June, 1840
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