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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.

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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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