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The preoccupation with what should be is estimable only when the respect for what is has been exhausted.
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
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Pedagogue
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Madrid
Spain
Jose Ortega y Gasset
Respect
Estimable
Preoccupation
Exhausted
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