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Prayer is a cry of distress, a demand for help, a hymn of love.

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Alexis Carrel
Age: 71 †
Born: 1873
Born: June 28
Died: 1944
Died: August 21
Biologist
Physiologist
Sociologist
Surgeon
Mont-Chalier
Love
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Hymns
Distress
Cry
Demand
Prayer
Help
Helping

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