Desolate and dreary as the little town was in the world of … - Murray Leinster

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Desolate and dreary as the little town was in the world of today, it was infinitely more liveable than the same town of nearly two centuries before. There had been much progress in how to do things. It was regrettable that there was less progress in knowledge of things worth doing.

Murray Leinster

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Murray Leinster (June 16, 1896 – June 8, 1975) was a nom de plume of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an award-winning American writer of science fiction and alternate history.

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Alternative Names: William Fitzgerald Jenkins • William Fitzgerald • Louisa Carter Lee • Will F. Jenkins • Fitzgerald Jenkins

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