<![CDATA["He knew that kindliness and generosity were as universal as deception and cut-throat competition."]]>"He knew that kindliness and generosity were as universal as deception and cut-throat competition." - Robert A. Heinlein, Robert James, Spider Robinson, For Us, the Living: A Comedy of Customs (2003)

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This is confusing. Which of those people wrote the quote? Is it in the novel text, or in a forward, afterword, etc. by James or Robinson?

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