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The life of simplicity is simple, but it opens to us a book in which we never get beyond the first syllable.

Dag Hammarskjold

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Dag Hammarskjold
Age: 55 †
Born: 1905
Born: January 1
Died: 1961
Died: January 1
Diplomat
Economist
Poet
Politician
Writer
Jönköpings stad
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld
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Never
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Life
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