When, upon the closed system of normal preoccupations, a st… - Charles Fort

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When, upon the closed system of normal preoccupations, a story of a sea serpent appears, it is inhospitably treated. To us of the wider cordialities, it has recommendations for kinder reception. I think that we shall be noted in recognitions of good works for our bizarre charities.

Charles Fort

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Charles Hoy Fort (August 6, 1874 – May 3, 1932) was a writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena.

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Birth Name: Charles Hoy Fort

Alternative Names: Charles H. Fort • Charles Hoy Forte

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