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When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere.
When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere.
Approximate author period: c. 1947 AD · modern
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- Robert A. Heinlein
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- Approximate author period: c. 1947 AD · modern
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