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Life leaps like a geyser for those willing to drill through the rock of inertia.

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Alexis Carrel
Age: 71 †
Born: 1873
Born: June 28
Died: 1944
Died: August 21
Biologist
Physiologist
Sociologist
Surgeon
Mont-Chalier
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Rocks
Positive
Geysers
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Willing
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Life
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The search for God is indeed, an entirely personal undertaking.... the most audacious adventure that one can dare.
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