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Hard conditions of life are indispensable to bringing out the best in human personality.

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Alexis Carrel
Age: 71 †
Born: 1873
Born: June 28
Died: 1944
Died: August 21
Biologist
Physiologist
Sociologist
Surgeon
Mont-Chalier
Conditions
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Best
Human
Humans
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Indispensable
Life
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Personality

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