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The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human cerebrum.

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Alexis Carrel
Age: 71 †
Born: 1873
Born: June 28
Died: 1944
Died: August 21
Biologist
Physiologist
Sociologist
Surgeon
Mont-Chalier
Beauty
Form
Human
Humans
Love
Noblest
Multiple
Forms
Gift

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Jesus knows our world. He does not disdain us like the God of Aristotle. We can speak to Him and He answers us. Although He is a person like ourselves, He is God and transcends all things.
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