Now I understand one of the important reasons for going to … - Daniel Keyes

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Now I understand one of the important reasons for going to college and getting an education is to learn that the things you've believed in all your life aren't true, and that nothing is what it appears to be.

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Daniel Keyes (August 9, 1927 – June 15, 2014) was an American author most famous for his Hugo award-winning short story Flowers for Algernon and the Nebula award-winning novel into which he developed the story.

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