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Second to agriculture, humbug is the biggest industry of our age.
Alfred Nobel
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Alfred Nobel
Age: 63 †
Born: 1833
Born: October 21
Died: 1896
Died: December 10
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My dynamite will sooner lead to peace than a thousand world conventions. As soon as men will find that in one instant, whole armies can be utterly destroyed, they surely will abide by golden peace.
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