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Philosophy is a kind of journey, ever learning yet never arriving at the ideal perfection of truth.
Albert Pike
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Albert Pike
Age: 81 †
Born: 1809
Born: December 29
Died: 1891
Died: April 2
Lawyer
Boston
Massachusetts
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