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The real history does not get written, because it is not in people's brains but in their nerves and vitals.
Alfred North Whitehead
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Alfred North Whitehead
Age: 86 †
Born: 1861
Born: February 15
Died: 1947
Died: December 30
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When you're average, you're just as close to the bottom as you are the top.
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