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Why does a suppurating lung give so little warning and a sore on the finger so much?
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Georg C. Lichtenberg
Age: 56 †
Born: 1742
Born: July 1
Died: 1799
Died: February 24
Astronomer
French Moralist
Mathematician
Philosopher
Physicist
Scientist
University Teacher
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København
Fingers
Doe
Give
Littles
Lung
Little
Sore
Giving
Lungs
Much
Finger
Warning
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