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Wisdom: It's something that you know when you see it. You can recognize it, you can experience it. I have defined wisdom as the capacity to make judgments that when looked back upon will seem to have been wise.

Jonas Salk

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Jonas Salk
Age: 80 †
Born: 1914
Born: October 28
Died: 1995
Died: June 23
Biologist
Epidemiologist
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New York City
New York
Jonas Edward Salk
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