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Science is the most intimate school of resignation and humility, for it teaches us to bow before the seemingly most insignificant of facts.

Miguel de Unamuno

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Miguel de Unamuno
Age: 70 †
Born: 1866
Born: September 29
Died: 1936
Died: December 31
Essayist
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