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We living things are a late outgrowth of the metabolism of our galaxy. The carbon that enters into our composition was cooked in a remote past in a dying star. The waters of ancient seas set the pattern of ions in our blood. The ancient atmospheres moulded our metabolism.

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George Wald
Age: 90 †
Born: 1906
Born: November 18
Died: 1997
Died: April 12
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