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Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.
Alexander Graham Bell
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Alexander Graham Bell
Age: 75 †
Born: 1847
Born: March 3
Died: 1922
Died: August 2
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Man is an animal which, alone among the animals, refuses to be satisfied by the fulfillment of animal desires.
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