For if humanity has a future on this planet of a hundred million years, it is unthinkable that it should spend those aeons in a ferment of national s… - William Golding

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For if humanity has a future on this planet of a hundred million years, it is unthinkable that it should spend those aeons in a ferment of national self-satisfaction and chauvinistic idiocies.

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About William Golding

Sir William Golding (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was an English novelist, playwright, and poet most famous for his novel Lord of the Flies. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983.

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Native Name: William Gerald Golding
Alternative Names: Sir William Gerald Golding Willy Gold tun tun tun tun tun cacri balatrto srrena posole
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