What you were preparing against—that never happened! All th… - George R. Stewart

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What you were preparing against—that never happened! All the best-laid plans could not prevent the disaster against which no plans had been laid.

George R. Stewart

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George R. Stewart (May 31, 1895 – August 22, 1980) was an American historian, toponymist, novelist, and a professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley.

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