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Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American writer born on September 1, 1875, in Illinois, and died on March 19, 1950. He is renowned for his science fiction and adventure novels, with his most famous works being the 'Mars Trilogy' and the 'John Carter' series. His works have had a profound impact on science fiction literature.

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Famous Edgar Rice Burroughs Quotes

“Fortunate indeed are those in which there is combined a little good and a little bad, a little knowledge of many things outside their own callings, a capacity for love and a capacity for hate, for such as these can look with tolerance upon all, unbiased by the egotism of him whose head is so heavy on one side that all his brains run to that point.”

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Book:The Complete Science Fiction Novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs (Illustrated): A Princess of Mars, Llana of Gathol, The Gods of Mars, Beyond Thirty, The Warlord of Mars, The Chessmen of Mars, The Master Mind of Mars, Pirates of Venus, The Monster Men and many more

Source: The Complete Science Fiction Novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs (Illustrated): A Princess of Mars, Llana of Gathol, The Gods of Mars, Beyond Thirty, The Warlord of Mars, The Chessmen of Mars, The Master Mind of Mars, Pirates of Venus, The Monster Men and many more

“The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction of the vocal organs.”

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Book:THE LOST WORLD COLLECTION: Out of Time’s Abyss, The Land That Time Forgot, The Moon Men, The Man-Eater and more (Illustrated): Caspak Trilogy, The Pellucidar Series, The Moon Trilogy, The People That Time Forgot, The Moon Maid, The Red Hawk, The Cave Girl, The Eternal Lover, Jungle Girl...

Source: THE LOST WORLD COLLECTION: Out of Time’s Abyss, The Land That Time Forgot, The Moon Men, The Man-Eater and more (Illustrated): Caspak Trilogy, The Pellucidar Series, The Moon Trilogy, The People That Time Forgot, The Moon Maid, The Red Hawk, The Cave Girl, The Eternal Lover, Jungle Girl...

“Could it be that there were other things more desirable than cold logic and undefiled brain power?”

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