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The modern city consists of...dark, narrow streets full of gasoline fumes, coal dust, and toxic gasses, torn by the noise.

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Alexis Carrel
Age: 71 †
Born: 1873
Born: June 28
Died: 1944
Died: August 21
Biologist
Physiologist
Sociologist
Surgeon
Mont-Chalier
Cities
Coal
Modern
Narrow
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Noise
Gasses
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Fumes
Dust
Gasoline
City
Toxic
Streets
Torn

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