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Austin Tappan Wright
(20 Aug 1883 - 18 Sep 1931)

author who was a legal scholar with a literary interest. Upon his death, he left a manuscript of an extensive Utopian fantasy fiction story, Islandia (somewhat akin to J.R.R. Tolkien's works) which was editted by his widow and daughter for eventual posthumous publication in 1942..

Science Quotes by Austin Tappan Wright (1)

Speed, is that progress? Anyway, why progress? Why not enjoy what one has? Men have never exhausted present pleasures.
— Austin Tappan Wright
Islandia (1942, 1958), 76.
See also:  |  Pleasure (18)  |  Progress (117)


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