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Music contains a whole gamut of experience, from sensuous elements to ultimate intellectual harmonies.

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George Santayana
Age: 88 †
Born: 1863
Born: October 2
Died: 1952
Died: September 16
Essayist
Novelist
Philosopher
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
Madrid
Spain
Jorge Santayana
Jorge Augustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana
Jorge Augustin Nicolas Ruiz de Santayana
George Santayana
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Eternal vigilance is the price of knowledge.
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Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body.
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