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A mere collector of supposed facts is as useful as a collector of matchboxes.
Lucien Febvre
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Lucien Febvre
Age: 78 †
Born: 1878
Born: July 22
Died: 1956
Died: September 26
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Lucien Paul Victor Febvre
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