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If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.

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Alfred Korzybski
Age: 70 †
Born: 1879
Born: July 3
Died: 1950
Died: March 1
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Warszawa
Alfred Habdank Skarbek Korzybski
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