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How mankind defers from day to day the best it can do, and the most beautiful things it can enjoy, without thinking that every day may be the last one, and that lost time is lost eternity!

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Max Muller
Age: 76 †
Born: 1823
Born: December 6
Died: 1900
Died: October 28
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