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When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and admire it.

Joseph Joubert

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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
Essayist
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Men
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Another
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Nation
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