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Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience. George Bernard Shaw		Sunday Aug 30, 2026
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About William Seward Burroughs

	William Seward Burroughs
	(1857-1898) American inventor of adding machine, patented 1888.

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