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A healthy vision of the future is not possible without an accurate knowledge of the past.

Daisaku Ikeda

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Daisaku Ikeda
Age: 96
Born: 1928
Born: January 2
Philosopher
Poet
President
Writer
City of Tokyo
Dazuo Chitian
Ta-tso Chʻih-tʻien
Without
Accurate
Healthy
Vision
Possible
Knowledge
Future
Past

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