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Human vitality is so exuberant that in the sorriest desert it still finds a pretext for glowing and trembling.

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
Literary Critic
Mathematician
Opinion Journalist
Pedagogue
Philosopher
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Madrid
Spain
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