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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
Personality
Conditions
Character
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Human
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Hard
Indispensable
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Bringing

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