Winston Churchill's Extraterrestrials

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During the World War 2, Winston Churchill, former Prime Minister of Britain, wrote an essay on extraterrestrials. The role that writing served in Churchill’s life is to calm himself during the war. For example, “He started this essay when Europe was on the brink of war and there he is, musing about a question about a scientific topic that is really a question out of curiosity” (Freytas-Tamura 1). Even though Churchill had responsibility to keep Britain safe from the Germans, he must be nervous in doing this. Therefore, he wrote this essay to tranquilize. Additionally, “‘Churchill presided over a culture that encouraged technological development,’ Mr. Nahum said. Churchill had such a genuine interest in science, he added, that as chancellor

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