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As a man's salutations, so is the total of his character in nothing do we lay ourselves so open as in our manner of meeting and salutation.

Johann Kaspar Lavater

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Johann Kaspar Lavater
Age: 59 †
Born: 1741
Born: November 15
Died: 1801
Died: January 2
Criminologist
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Philosopher
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Theologian
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City of Zurich
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