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The secret of life is to be found in life itself, in the full organic, intellectual and spiritual activities of our body.

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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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The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human cerebrum.
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