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In human affairs every solution serves only to sharpen the problem, to show us more clearly what we are up against. There are no final solutions.

Eric Hoffer

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Eric Hoffer
Age: 84 †
Born: 1898
Born: July 25
Died: 1983
Died: May 21
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