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No matter what the odds, a man does not pin his last hope for survival on something and then expect that it will fail.

Alfred Lansing

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Alfred Lansing
Age: 54 †
Born: 1921
Born: July 21
Died: 1975
Died: August 27
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Chicago
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Alfred Mark Lansing
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