It is difficult to describe in short the enthusiasm and devotion prov… — Immanuel Velikovsky

It is difficult to describe in short the enthusiasm and devotion provoked by and given to my research. We lived almost in poverty. I used pencils, two for a nickel, and could not buy a fountain pen, when I lost mine.

Immanuel VelikovskyHistorian · Belarusian · 1895 – 1979

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