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Science says: 'We must live,' and seeks the means of prolonging, increasing, facilitating and amplifying life, of making it tolerable and acceptable, wisdom says: 'We must die,' and seeks how to make us die well.
Miguel de Unamuno
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Miguel de Unamuno
Age: 70 †
Born: 1866
Born: September 29
Died: 1936
Died: December 31
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