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The foundation stones of a great building are destined to groan and be pressed upon it is not for them to crown the edifice.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Age: 89 †
Born: 1918
Born: December 11
Died: 2008
Died: January 1
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