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Both of us victims of the same twentieth-century plague. Not the Black Death, this time; the Grey Life.

— Aldous Huxley

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Both of us victims of the same twentieth-century plague. Not the Black Death, this time; the Grey Life." in the context of "" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Aldous Huxley

About Aldous Huxley

Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was a British author known for his novel Brave New World. He was the grandson of Thomas Henry Huxley and younger brother of Julian Huxley.