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The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this duty it must be transformed.

Alexis Carrel

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Alexis Carrel
Age: 71 †
Born: 1873
Born: June 28
Died: 1944
Died: August 21
Biologist
Physiologist
Sociologist
Surgeon
Mont-Chalier
Give
Transformed
Firsts
Performing
First
Destiny
Must
Members
Giving
Possibility
Duty
Becomes
Fulfilling
Society
Incapable

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