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Sometimes I feel that by not marrying, I made too great a sacrifice to my work.

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Nikola Tesla
Age: 86 †
Born: 1856
Born: July 10
Died: 1943
Died: January 7
Electrical Engineer
Inventor
Mechanical Engineer
Physicist
Szmilján
Nicola Tesla
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