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The heart of man does not tolerate an absence of the excellent and supreme.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

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Jose Ortega y Gasset
Age: 72 †
Born: 1883
Born: May 9
Died: 1955
Died: October 18
Essayist
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Madrid
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